About The Word Mystify
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Mystify
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What's The Definition Of Mystify?
[v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"
[v] make mysterious; "mystify the story" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mystify: amaze | baffle | beat | bewilder | dumbfound | flummox | get | gravel | nonplus | perplex | pose | puzzle | stupefy | vex Related Terms | Find terms related to Mystify: addle | amaze | around the bush | baffle | bamboozle | beat | beat about | beg the question | bewilder | bicker | boggle | buffalo | cavil | choplogic | complicate | confound | confuse | corrupt | daze | dodge | equivocate | evade | evade the issue | fence | floor | flummox | fool | fuddle | garble | get | hedge | hoax | humbug | jumble | keep in suspense | lick | make unintelligible | maze | misadvise | misdirect | miseducate | misguide | misinform | misinstruct | mislead | misteach | mix up | muddle | nitpick | nonplus | obfuscate | obscure | palter | parry | perplex | pervert | pick nits | prevaricate | pussyfoot | puzzle | quibble | scramble | shadow | shift | shuffle | shy | sidestep | split hairs | stick | stump | tergiversate | throw See Also | bedevil | bedim | befuddle | confound | confuse | discombobulate | elude | escape | figure out | fox | fuddle | lick | mix up | obscure | overcloud | puzzle out | puzzle over | riddle | solve | stagger | stump | throw | work | work out Mystify In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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