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Amaze   /əmˈeɪz/   Listen
verb
Amaze  v. t.  (past & past part. amazed; pres. part. amazing)  
1.
To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. (Obs.) "A labyrinth to amaze his foes."
2.
To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." "And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?"
Synonyms: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise. 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 enormity of an act, etc.



Amaze  v. t.  Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement. (Chiefly poetic) "The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by amaze."



Amaze  v. i.  To be astounded. (Archaic)






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"Amaze" Quotes from Famous Books



... empyreal palace of the thund'ring God, We on thy pinions can surpass the wind, And leave the rolling universe behind: From star to star the mental opticks rove, Measure the skies, and range the realms above. There in one view we grasp the mighty whole, Or with new worlds amaze th' unbounded ...
— An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African • Thomas Clarkson

... back in his chair, and coldly contemplated the white face and dismayed expression of the crestfallen captain. That most worthy person, after a pause of confusion, amaze, and fear, made an involuntary stride, with a menacing gesture, towards Lilburne; the peer quietly placed his hand on ...
— Night and Morning, Volume 4 • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... me then; I cannot bear Severity; it daunts, and does amaze, me; My heart's so tender, should you charge me rough, I should but weep, and answer you with sobbing; But use me gently, like a loving brother, And search through all the ...
— The Orphan - or, The Unhappy Marriage • Thomas Otway

... crown to keep in complete idleness. He cast dreadful looks, as of an equal in snugness, a fellow- minion, at the chiselled profile of our goddess, and was not long before he tried for a full-faced effect. Sanchia's eyes of clear amaze should have cut him down, but they did not. His "Morning, Miss," was daily reminder of a shared clay. Sanchia made herself inaccessible, and ...
— Rest Harrow - A Comedy of Resolution • Maurice Hewlett

... must, with great reluctance, here set down the plain truth that he, too, looked upon me at first with amaze not unmixed with rage and contempt. Most caterpillars, you understand, feed upon food of their own arbitrary choosing; and when they are in captivity one must procure this particular aliment if one hopes to ...
— Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man • Marie Conway Oemler


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