(1):

(v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

(2):

(v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

(3):

(v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

(4):

(v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.