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mystifies

mystifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mystify.

Meaning of mystify

Verb

mystify (third-person singular simple present mystifies, present participle mystifying, simple past and past participle mystified)

  1. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
    • Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

Questions about mystifies

What is mystifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mystifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mystify.

Words near mystifies in the dictionary

  1. mystificatory
  2. mystified
  3. mystifiedly
  4. mystifier
  5. mystifiers
  6. mystifies
  7. mystify
  8. mystifying
  9. mystifyingly
  10. mystique
  11. mystiques

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