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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
    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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nonplused
      adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
            remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying
            goodbye" [syn: at a loss(p), nonplussed, puzzled]