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mystify

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mystify  \Mys"ti*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mystified};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Mystifying}.]  [F.  mystifier,  fr  Gr  ?  +  L.  -ficare 
  (in  comp.)  to  make  See  1st  {Mystery},  and  {-fy}.] 
  1.  To  involve  in  mystery;  to  make  obscure  or  difficult  to 
  understand;  as  to  mystify  a  passage  of  Scripture. 
 
  2.  To  perplex  the  mind  of  to  puzzle;  to  impose  upon  the 
  credulity  of  as  to  mystify  an  opponent. 
 
  He  took  undue  advantage  of  his  credulity  and 
  mystified  him  exceedingly.  --Ld. 
  Campbell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mystify 
  v  1:  be  a  mystery  or  bewildering  to:  "This  beats  me!"  "Got  me--I 
  don't  know  the  answer!"  [syn:  {perplex},  {get},  {puzzle}, 
  {baffle},  {beat},  {bewilder},  {flummox},  {stupefy},  {stupify}, 
  {nonplus},  {gravel},  {amaze},  {dumbfound},  {trounce}] 
  2:  make  mysterious;  "mystify  the  story"  [ant:  {demystify}]




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