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Definição e significado de mystify
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mystify (v. trans.)
1.make mysterious"mystify the story"
2.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"
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MystifyMys"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; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. Ld. Campbell.
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mystify (v. trans.)
↘ deceit, deception, disconcerting, dissembling, dissimulation, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, mystification, pretence, pretense, upsetting ≠ demystify
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mystify (v. tr.)
mystify (v. tr.)
réduire au silence qqn qui a tort (fr)[Classe]
étonner (fr)[Classe...]
bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw[Hyper.]
mystification, obfuscation - mystification - bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement - closed book, enigma, inscrutability, mysteriousness, mystery, puzzle, secret - mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser - poser, sticker, stumper, stump extracting machine, stump pulling machine, toughie - dumbfoundness, perplexity, stupefaction[Dérivé]
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