whakarare
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to bemuse, hoodwink, baffle, confound.
Whakarare ai i a ia te āhua o tōna rangatiratanga tuku iho me te āhua anō o tōna tūranga (TTR 2000:223). / The nature of her hereditary rank and position bemused her.
Synonyms: whakapōhēhē, whakarangirua, whakapōkaikaha, whakahanepī, whakatekateka