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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
        credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
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              He took undue advantage of his credulity and
              mystified him exceedingly.            --Ld.
                                                    Campbell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mystify
       v 1: 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" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick},
             {get}, {puzzle}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder},
            {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
       2: make mysterious; "mystify the story" [ant: {demystify}]
       [also: {mystified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "mystify":
     addle, amaze, around the bush, baffle, bamboozle, beat, beat about,
     beg the question, bewilder, bicker, boggle, buffalo, cavil,
     choplogic, complicate, confound, confuse, corrupt, daze, dodge,
     equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, floor, flummox, fool,
     fuddle, garble, get, hedge, hoax, humbug, jumble, keep in suspense,
     lick, make unintelligible, maze, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate,
     misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misteach, mix up,
     muddle, nitpick, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, palter, parry,
     perplex, pervert, pick nits, prevaricate, pussyfoot, puzzle,
     quibble, scramble, shadow, shift, shuffle, shy, sidestep,
     split hairs, stick, stump, tergiversate, throw
  
  

















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