mistifyv.

Brit.

/ˈmɪstᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1700s– mistify, 1800s mystify.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mist n.¹, misty adj.¹, -ify suffix.

Etymology: < mist n.¹ or misty adj.¹ + -ify suffix.Some quots. at sense 1 may in fact belong at mystify v.

†1.

a. transitive. To render (a person) confused; to delude. Obsolete. rare.

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1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 79 The Lady used to shuffle her Favours amongst them [sc. his rivals] affectedly, and on Purpose to mortify his Lordship; and at the same Time, be as civil to him, with like Purpose to mortify them: And his Lordship was not so mistified, by his Amour, as not to discern these Arts.

b. transitive. To cloud or befog (one's thinking, etc.); to render hazy or impenetrable. Obsolete.Often difficult to distinguish from mystify v.

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1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods II. xxv. 83 Wondering at the subtleties of that sentiment that could mystify the perceptions of the clear-sighted Isabella Linwood.

1898 Amer. Math. Monthly 5 58 It seems a pity that vandals should..so desecrate their [sc. various noted mathematicians'] immortal works, as to try and mistify their teachings.

2. transitive. To envelop in mist; to render misty or hazy; to convert into a mist or fine spray.

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1833 [implied in: R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 284 As we went up, every thing was mystified and cloudy. (at mistified adj.)].

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxv. 411 That for six thousand years..the great whales should have been spouting all over the sea, and sprinkling and mistifying the gardens of the deep.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 635/2 The nozzles for ‘mistifying’ the wash..can be fitted to any length of tubing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mistify
释义	mistifyv. Brit. /ˈmɪstᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1700s– mistify, 1800s mystify. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mist n.¹, misty adj.¹, -ify suffix. Etymology: < mist n.¹ or misty adj.¹ + -ify suffix.Some quots. at sense 1 may in fact belong at mystify v. †1. a. transitive. To render (a person) confused; to delude. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 79 The Lady used to shuffle her Favours amongst them [sc. his rivals] affectedly, and on Purpose to mortify his Lordship; and at the same Time, be as civil to him, with like Purpose to mortify them: And his Lordship was not so mistified, by his Amour, as not to discern these Arts. b. transitive. To cloud or befog (one's thinking, etc.); to render hazy or impenetrable. Obsolete.Often difficult to distinguish from mystify v. ΚΠ 1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods II. xxv. 83 Wondering at the subtleties of that sentiment that could mystify the perceptions of the clear-sighted Isabella Linwood. 1898 Amer. Math. Monthly 5 58 It seems a pity that vandals should..so desecrate their [sc. various noted mathematicians'] immortal works, as to try and mistify their teachings. 2. transitive. To envelop in mist; to render misty or hazy; to convert into a mist or fine spray. ΚΠ 1833 [implied in: R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 284 As we went up, every thing was mystified and cloudy. (at mistified adj.)]. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxv. 411 That for six thousand years..the great whales should have been spouting all over the sea, and sprinkling and mistifying the gardens of the deep. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 635/2 The nozzles for ‘mistifying’ the wash..can be fitted to any length of tubing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1742
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