v. to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A state or condition which baffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficulty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.
v. To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A state in which one is unable to proceed or decide; a state of perplexity; a puzzled condition; inability to say or do more; puzzle: usually in the phrase at or to a nonplus.
To perplex; puzzle; confound; put to a standstill; stop by embarrassment.
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v. be a mystery or bewildering to
Word Usage
"Admiration which is the soul's "nonplus," its doing it knows not what, the winding of it up until it stands still, ready to break -- is all that we can arrive unto in the consideration hereof."