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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Mystified

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Mystifying

[F.

mystifier

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] + L.

-ficare

(in comp.) to make. See 1st

, and

To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand;

as, to

mystify

a passage of Scripture

To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; to baffle;

as, to

mystify

an opponent

He took undue advantage of his credulity and

mystified

him exceedingly.

Ld. Campbell.