Thesaurus: addle

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1. n. Liquid filth; mire.
2. n. Lees; dregs.
3. a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
4. v. t. & i. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain.
5. v. t. & i. To earn by labor.
6. v. t. & i. To thrive or grow; to ripen.
7. v. mix up or confuse
8. v. become rotten
9. 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper. 1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser.
10. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, aseggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.Dryden.
11. v:100 v. mix up or confuse v. become rotten