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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ad·dle /ˈædḷ/
 (vt.)使腐壞,使混亂(vi.)變壞(a.)腐壞的,混亂的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ad·dle n.
 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ad·dle, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ad·dle, v. t. & i.
 1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.]
 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.]
    Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.   --Tusser.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 addle
      v 1: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: muddle, puddle]
      2: become rotten; "addled eggs"