What part of speech is perplex?

Perplex can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. perplex is a verb, present, 1st person singular of perplex (infinitive).
2. perplex is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) perplex

perplex / perplexes

perplexed

perplexed

perplexing

Infinitive: (to) perplex
Present: perplex / perplexes
Simple Past: perplexed
Past Participle: (have) perplexed
Gerund: perplexing

What does perplex mean?

Definitions

Adjective
perplex - intricate; difficult.
Verb
perplex - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

Examples of perplex

#		Sentence
1.	verb	"Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'"

Sentence
verb
"Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'"

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