MYSTIFY

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

2.
v.

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.

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