The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wilder \Wil"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wildered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wildering.] [Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See Wild,
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, and cf. Wilderness.] To bewilder; to perplex.
Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate.
--Pope.Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose.
--Bryant.
Wildering \Wild"er*ing\, n. (Bot.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
Usage examples of "wildering".
But they did not ride untildark that day, for in mid-afternoon they found the Wildering Way.
Others rode in daily: petty lords and clan chieftains from all along the Wildering Way as far south as the Downs.
Before the wildering mystery of it all, my human ignorance drove me to veritable frenzy.
I could not guess their attitude, and my brain awoke with a keen electric shock to the eerie terror and wildering strangeness of it all.
We bow to no man's ultimate command, dance to no wizard's drumming, join no mob, hark to no wildering hate-call.