mystify

== English == === Etymology === From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/ === Verb === mystify (third-person singular simple present mystifies, present participle mystifying, simple past and past participle mystified) (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “mystify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mystify”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “mystify”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.