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a⋅mazed

  [uh-meyzd]
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–adjective
greatly surprised; astounded; suddenly filled with wonder: The magician made the dove disappear before our amazed eyes.
Origin:
1200–50; ME; see amaze, -ed 2

Related forms:
a⋅maz⋅ed⋅ly  [uh-mey-zid-lee] , adverb
a⋅maz⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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a·maze   (ə-māz')   
v.   a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es

v.   tr.

  1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.

  2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.

v.   intr.
To cause great wonder or astonishment: a sight that amazes.
n.  Amazement; wonder.

[From Middle English masen, to bewilder, and from amased, bewildered (from Old English āmasod), both from Old English āmasian, to bewilder : ā-, intensive pref. + *masian, to confuse.]
a·maz'ed·ly (ə-mā'zĭd-lē) adv., a·maz'ed·ness n.
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