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Mystify

//ˈmɪstɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. transitive

    "Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years."

  2. 2
    make mysterious wordnet
  3. 3
    be a mystery or bewildering to wordnet

Etymology

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

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