[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

addle \ad"dle\, v. t.  i. oe. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire;
   prob. fr. icel. "oethlask to acquire property, akin to
   oethal property. cf. allodial.
   1. to earn by labor. prov. eng. --forby.
      1913 webster

   2. to thrive or grow; to ripen. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

            kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. --tusser.
      1913 webster addle-head
      addle-brain
see also:
allodial 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

addle \ad"dle\, n. oe. adel, as. adela, mud.
   1913 webster
   1. liquid filth; mire. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. lees; dregs. prov. eng. --wright.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

addle \ad"dle\, a.
   having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as
   eggs; putrid. hence: unfruitful or confused, as brains;
   muddled. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

addle \ad"dle\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. addled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. addling.
   to make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his
   brain. "their eggs were addled." --cowper.
   1913 webster
see also:
addled addling 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

addle
     v 1: mix up or confuse; "he muddled the issues" syn: muddle, puddle
     2: become rotten; "addled eggs"
see also:
muddle puddle 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 moby thesaurus words for "addle":
   addle the wits, amaze, astound, baffle, ball up, bamboozle, beat,
   becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bemuse, besot, bewilder, boggle,
   bother, buffalo, bug, cloud, confound, confuse, daze, dazzle,
   discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize,
   disorient, distract, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, entangle,
   flabbergast, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle,
   fuss, get, inebriate, intoxicate, keep in suspense, lick, maze,
   mist, mix up, moider, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, perturb,
   pother, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, stick, stump,
   throw, throw into confusion, throw off, unsettle, upset

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