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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]:
mystifying
adj : of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark
secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in
its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins
of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to
visitors from other lands" [syn: {cryptic}, {cryptical},
{deep}, {inscrutable}, {mysterious}]
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