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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     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.

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 Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mystify
     Αγγλικά vb.
     προβληματίζω, προκαλώ αμηχανία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mystify
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mystify
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mystify
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mystify
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mystify
     Englanti vb.
     1 hämätä, hämmentää
     2 (rak en pass mystified) olla ymmällään

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/
  bedot, beethê, beetneem

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/
  حيّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mystify //ˈmɪstɪfaɪ// 
  озадачавам, смущавам
  to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/
  oklamat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/
  mystifikovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ 
  zmást

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  mystify /mistifai/
  mystifier

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/ 
  1. पेचीदा~करना
        "Mystify the story"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/
  u zabludi, varati, zaluđivati

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  mystify /mistifai/
  bedotten, beduvelen, beetnemen, om de tuin leiden

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  mystify /ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/ 
    wprowadzać w błąd, zaskakiwać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  mystify /mistifai/
  burlar, ludibriar, mistificar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  mystify /mistifai/
  engañar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  mystify //ˈmɪstɪfaɪ// 
  förbrylla, mystifiera
  to thoroughly confuse, befuddle or bewilder

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mystify /mˈɪstɪfˌaɪ/
  1. şaşırtmak, hayrete düşürmek
  2. anlaşılmasını güçleştirmek, esrarlı gibi göstermek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ/

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

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 神秘化,使难解,迷惑;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Mystify
     n. 变幻线
     vt. 使神秘化,使难解,迷惑

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