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mystify
(mass) | mystify
- zmiasť |
mystify
(encz) | mystify,zmást v: Zdeněk Brož |
Mystify
(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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mystify
(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, mystify, baffle, beat, pose,
bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel,
amaze, dumbfound]
2: make mysterious; "mystify the story" [ant: demystify] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
demystify
(encz) | demystify,demystifikovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
mystifying
(encz) | mystifying,matení n: Zdeněk Brožmystifying,matoucí adj: Pinomystifying,mystifikující adj: Pino |
Mystify
(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.
[1913 Webster]
He took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --Ld.
Campbell.
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Mystifying
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
[1913 Webster]
He took undue advantage of his credulity and
mystified him exceedingly. --Ld.
Campbell.
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demystify
(wn) | demystify
v 1: make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's
demystify the event by explaining what it is all about"
[ant: mystify] |
mystifying
(wn) | mystifying
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is
written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep
dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence";
"in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim
origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally
mystifying to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic,
cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious,
mystifying] |
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