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daze

  [deyz] verb, dazed, daz⋅ing, noun
Use daze in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.: He was dazed by a blow on the head.
2. to overwhelm; dazzle: The splendor of the palace dazed her.
–noun
3. a dazed condition; state of bemusement: After meeting the author, I was in a daze for a week.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME dasen (v.) < ON dasa- (as in dasask to become weary); cf. Dan dase to doze, mope

Related forms:
daz⋅ed⋅ly  [dey-zid-lee] , adverb
daz⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. amaze, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast.
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daze   (dāz)   
tr.v.   dazed, daz·ing, daz·es
  1. To stun, as with a heavy blow or shock; stupefy.
  2. To dazzle, as with strong light.
n.  A stunned or bewildered condition.

[Middle English dasen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse dasask, to become weary.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to dull or paralyze the mental capacities with or as if with a shock: dazed by the defeat; bemused by the senator's resignation; a boring performance that benumbed the audience; stunned by his sudden death; a display that stupefied all onlookers.
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Daze

Daze\ (d[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed (d[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw[=ae]s, dysig, stupid. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy, Doze.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. --Spenser.

Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H. Taylor.

He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. --Dickens.

Daze

Daze\, n. 1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]

2. (Mining) A glittering stone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : daze
Spanish: aturdir,
German: betäuben,
Japanese: ぼーっとした状態
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daze  (v.)
c.1325, dasen, from O.N. *dasa. Not found in other Gmc. languages. Perhaps originally "to make weary with cold," which is the sense of Icelandic dasask (from the O.N. word). The noun meaning "a dazed condition" is from 1825.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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