mystify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mystify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mystify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mystify v be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound make mysterious; "mystify the story" Antonym(s): demystify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mystify \Mys"tify\, 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.