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a⋅maze

  [uh-meyz] verb, a⋅mazed, a⋅maz⋅ing, noun
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME amasen, OE āmasian to confuse, stun, astonish. See a- 3 , maze

Synonyms:
1. astound, dumfound, stun, flabbergast. See surprise.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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