Nonplus \Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nonplused}or
{Nonplussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nonplusing} or {Nonplussing}.]
To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
embarrassment.
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He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell
what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.
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