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mistify

verb

Etymology

From misty + -fy.

  1. inherited from *mistig✻ — “misty”
  2. inherited from mistiġ — “misty, dark”
  3. inherited from misty
  4. suffixed as mistify — “misty + fy”

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • The same fog will cover any area and mistify it as the general adjustable criticism does any book.

  2. 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.
    • 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.
    • I have noticed that this oxidation generally occurs where “foaming” or “mistifying” of the lubricant takes place.

  3. Misspelling of mystify.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA