STUMBLE (2)

stumble (2). Stumble, n. a trip, slip, false step, blunder, failure

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Stum″ble, v. t. 1. 1. To cause to stumble or trip.
2. 2. Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.
False and dazzling fires to stumble men. Milton. One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis. Locke.