mistify
mistify verb: to envelop or shroud in mist. Also the misspelling of mystify.
Verb
mistify (third-person singular simple present mistifies, present participle mistifying, simple past and past participle mistified)
- To envelop or shroud in mist.
- Enwrap all this, and more in your imagination, as it is enveloped in the soft transparent haze of this delicious clime, beautifying and mistifying all around, and you may fancy somewhat of the reality.1849, Mrs. C. T. Cromwell, Over the Ocean; Or, Glimpses of Travel in Many Lands, page 182
- That for six thousand years — and no one knows how many millions of ages before — the great whales should have been spouting all over the sea, and sprinkling and mistifying the gardens of the deep, as with so many sprinkling or mistifying pots; and that for some centuries back, thousands of hunters...1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Or, The Whale
- To turn into mist
- In this syrup the greenish, oily extract is put, and boiled on a slow fire. Now is the time to mistify the preparation.1893, Bulletin of Pharmacy - Volume 7, page 327
- Steam "cut-off" is controlled by means of a small cylinder chamber the fuel is metered through a jet to a mistifying pump, the latter being operated by the blower motor.1926, Automotive Industries - Volume 55, page 298
Also used as
mistify is also the misspelling of mystify.
Examples of mistify in a sentence
- The same fog will cover any area and mistify it as the general adjustable criticism does any book.1887, Book Chat - Volume 2, page 321:
- But premature darkness began to mistify distant objects before we had the mules out of the corral.1904, Field and Stream, page 1023:
- I have noticed that this oxidation generally occurs where “foaming” or “mistifying” of the lubricant takes place.1947, Institute of Petroleum (Great Britain), The Journal - Volume 33:
- Watching his breath mistify in the cold, morning air, he continued, "We have pouches full of old parchments declaring all Your powerful past deeds here in Your chosen land of Judah and Israel.1996, Tom Steinbach, Now That Forever Has Ended, page 169:
Forms of mistify
| third-person singular present | mistifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | mistifying |
| past participle | mistified |
| past | mistified |
Origin of mistify
From misty + -fy.
Questions about mistify
- What does mistify mean?
- Mistify means to envelop or shroud in mist.
- How do you use mistify in a sentence?
- The same fog will cover any area and mistify it as the general adjustable criticism does any book.
- What part of speech is mistify?
- Mistify is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mistify?
- The past tense of mistify is mistified.
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