wilder

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: wil=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

wilder, v. t. [Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See Wild, a., and cf. Wilderness.].

 To bewilder; to perplex.  [1913 Webster]
"Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate."  [1913 Webster]
"Again the wildered fancy dreams
Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wilder, v.tr. archaic 1 lead astray.
2 bewilder.

Etymology

perh. based on WILDERNESS