mystify
verb (used with object)
to perplex, puzzle, or baffle; defy the understanding of.
had mystified
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past perfectof mystify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Pineda had mystified the Orioles in his last start at home with a biting slider.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2015
The broadcast added that recent trials of the weapon had mystified the British by suddenly causing large icebergs to appear in the Channel.
From Time Magazine Archive
After I resigned, I tried to get one final piece of information out of the FAA that had mystified me for years: the monetary value of human life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Champollion walked the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak and casually read the inscriptions, which had mystified everyone else, answering the question he had posed as a child to Fourier.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The sudden disappearance of the flag above the tower had mystified the garrison no less thoroughly than the British.
From Fort Amity by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
