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mystifying |
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]: 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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