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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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