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Webster 1913 Edition
Amaze
A-maze′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Amazed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Amazing
.] [Pref.
a-
+ maze
.] 1.
To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
[Obs.]
A labyrinth to
amaze
his foes. Shakespeare
2.
To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
“Amazing Europe with her wit.” Goldsmith.
And all the people were
amazed
, and said, Is not this the son of David? Matt. xii. 23.
Syn. – 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 [GREEK]normity of an act, etc. A-maze′
,Verb.
I.
To be astounded.
[Archaic]
B. Taylor.
A-maze′
,Verb.
T.
Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.
[Chiefly poetic]
The wild, bewildered
Of one to stone converted by
Of one to stone converted by
amaze
. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amaze
AMA'ZE
, v.t.To confound with fear, sudden surprise, or wonder; to astonish.
They shall be afraid; they shall be amazed at one another. Is. 23.
They were all amazed and glorified God. Mark 2. Luke 5.
This word implies astonishment or perplexity, arising from something extraordinary, unexpected,unaccountable, or frightful.
AMA'ZE
,Noun.