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a⋅maze
[uh-meyz] 
verb, a⋅mazed, a⋅maz⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly. |
| 2. | Obsolete. to bewilder; perplex. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to cause amazement: a new art show that delights and amazes. |
–noun
| 4. | Archaic. amazement. |
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| a·maze (ə-māz') v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v. tr.
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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Amaze
A*maze"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Amazing.] [Pref. a- + maze.]1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. --Shak. 2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." --Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? --Matt. xii. 23. Syn: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise. Usage: Amaze, Astonish. Amazement includes the notion of bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It expresses a state in which one does not know what to do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of something, or struck with some degree of horror, as when one is overpowered by the ?normity of an act, etc.Amaze
A*maze"\, v. i. To be astounded. [Archaic] --B. Taylor.Amaze
A*maze"\, v. t. Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement. [Chiefly poetic] The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by amaze. --Byron.
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Language Translation for : amaze
Spanish:
asombrar,
German:
verblüffen,
Japanese:
びっくりさせる
amaze
c.1230, amasian "stupefy, make crazy," from a-, probably used here as an intensitive prefix, + -masian, related to maze (q.v.). Sense of "overwhelm with wonder" is from 1592. Amazing in the sense of "great beyond expectation" is first recorded 1704.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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