Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mystify
Participle: mystified
Gerund: mystifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mystify |
| you | mystify |
| he;she;it | mystifies |
| we | mystify |
| you | mystify |
| they | mystify |
Perfect
| I | have mystified |
| you | have mystified |
| he;she;it | has mystified |
| we | have mystified |
| you | have mystified |
| they | have mystified |
Past
| I | mystified |
| you | mystified |
| he;she;it | mystified |
| we | mystified |
| you | mystified |
| they | mystified |
Pluperfect
| I | had mystified |
| you | had mystified |
| he;she;it | had mystified |
| we | had mystified |
| you | had mystified |
| they | had mystified |
Future
| I | will mystify |
| you | will mystify |
| he;she;it | will mystify |
| we | will mystify |
| you | will mystify |
| they | will mystify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mystified |
| you | will have mystified |
| he;she;it | will have mystified |
| we | will have mystified |
| you | will have mystified |
| they | will have mystified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mystify |
| you | mystify |
| he;she;it | mystify |
| we | mystify |
| you | mystify |
| they | mystify |
Perfect
| I | have mystified |
| you | have mystified |
| he;she;it | have mystified |
| we | have mystified |
| you | have mystified |
| they | have mystified |
Imperfect
| I | mystified |
| you | mystified |
| he;she;it | mystified |
| we | mystified |
| you | mystified |
| they | mystified |
Pluperfect
| I | had mystified |
| you | had mystified |
| he;she;it | had mystified |
| we | had mystified |
| you | had mystified |
| they | had mystified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mystify |
| you | would mystify |
| he;she;it | would mystify |
| we | would mystify |
| you | would mystify |
| they | would mystify |
Perfect
| I | would have mystified |
| you | would have mystified |
| he;she;it | would have mystified |
| we | would have mystified |
| you | would have mystified |
| they | would have mystified |
Imperative
| you | mystify |
| we | Let's mystify |
| you | mystify |
Verbs conjugated like 'mystify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mystify'
mistify,
demystify,
justify,
massify,
mattify,
moistify,
mortify,
mythify,
pestify,
remystify,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.
Sample Sentences
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Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.
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I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding. [1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:]