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mystified
(encz) | mystified,mystifikoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
mystified
(encz) | mystified,mystifikovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mystified
(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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mystified
(wn) | mystified
adj 1: totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical
nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street
Journal [syn: metagrobolized, metagrobolised,
metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified] |
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Mystified
(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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