amazing
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verb (used with object)
1.
to overwhelm with surprise or sudden wonder; astonish greatly.
2.
Obsolete. to bewilder; perplex.
noun
4.
Archaic. amazement.
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amazing (əˈmeɪzɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| causing wonder or astonishment: amazing feats | |
| a'mazingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
amaze
early 13c., amasian "stupefy, make crazy," from a-, probably used here as an intensive prefix, + -masian, related to maze (q.v.). Sense of "overwhelm with wonder" is from 1590s.
amazing
1590s, prp. adj. from amaze (q.v.). Originally "dreadful;" sense of "wonderful" is recorded from 1704.
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Example sentences
The biologists' full story on this amazing microbe is here.
We stand at the crossroads of a new and potentially amazing era of human advancement.
The amazing thing is that he was basically met with one of two reactions: he was insulted, or he was ignored.
He instanced, among others, the verb tiptoed as an amazing and incredible thing.
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