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Amaze v. t. (past & past part. amazed; pres. part. amazing)

To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. (Obs.) "A labyrinth to amaze his foes."

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

... freed from one peril at sea, aduentured another of little lesse consequence at land; for being not yet thoroughly restored to her sense, she clymed vp the cliffe in such a steepe place, as the very consideration thereof, doth euer sithence halfe amaze the beholders. But that ground was fore ordained to her good: for not long after, her husband tooke the same, with the rest of the tenement, in lease; and it now serueth her for a dwelling, and many others, by her charitie, ...

— The Survey of Cornwall • Richard Carew

... wonder-stricken youth, Holden in doubt if this were lies or truth, Was tongue-tied with amaze, and sore perplext, Unknowing what strange thing might chance him next, And ere he found fit words to make reply, The porter bade a youth who stood hard by Conduct the princely stranger, as was meet, Through the great golden gate into the street, ...

— The Poems of William Watson • William Watson

... the monarchs as they stand in hushed amaze, Mutely in those speechless moments on the lifeless ...

— Maha-bharata - The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse • Anonymous

... "Good God, sir, you amaze me! I have always felt certain that he was really no Ferrara, but an adopted son; yet it had never entered my mind that you ...

— Brood of the Witch-Queen • Sax Rohmer

... perpetual decay and weakness of the Turkish navy may be observed in Ricaut, (State of the Ottoman Empire, p. 372—378,) Thevenot, (Voyages, P. i. p. 229—242, and Tott), (Memoires, tom. iii;) the last of whom is always solicitous to amuse and amaze his reader.] ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon

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