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   Mys·ti·fy

   /ˈmistəˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. utterly bewilder or perplex (someone): "maladies that have mystified and alarmed researchers for over a decade"
   • ▪ make obscure or mysterious: "lawyers who mystify the legal system so that laymen find it unintelligible"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from French mystifier, formed irregularly from mystique ‘mystic’ or from mystère ‘mystery’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mystification noun
   • 2. mystifier noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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