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mystify
mystify [ místi fī ] (3rd person present singular mystifies, present participle mystifying, past and past participle mystified)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. puzzle somebody: to make somebody unable to understand or explain something
2. make something mysterious: to make something mysterious or unclear
[Early 19th century. < French mystifier< mystère 'mystery' (< Latin mysterium; see mystery1) or mystique 'mystic' (see mystic)]

mystification [ místifi káysh'n ] noun
mystifier [ místi fī ər ] noun
mystifying adjective
mystifyingly adverb
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