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fazed

[feyz] Origin

faze

[feyz]
verb (used with object), fazed, faz·ing.
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; dial. form of feeze

faze, phase.


disconcert, discomfit, perturb, fluster, confound.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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fazed (feɪzd)
 
adj
disconcerted; worried; disturbed

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faze
1830 Amer.Eng. variant of Kentish dialect feeze "to frighten, alarm, discomfit" (mid-15c.), from O.E. fesian, fysian "drive away," from P.Gmc. *fausjanan. Related: Fazed; fazing.
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