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Webster 1913 Edition
Daze
Daze
(dāz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dazed
(dāzd)
; 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. dwǣs
, dysig
, stupid. √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
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
,Noun.
1.
The state of being dazed;
as, he was in a
. daze
[Colloq.]
2.
(Mining)
A glittering stone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Daze
DAZE
,Verb.
T.
DAZE
,Noun.
DAZ'ZLE, v.t.
Definition 2024
daze
daze
English
Noun
daze (plural dazes)
- The state of being dazed;
- He was in a daze.
- (mining) A glittering stone.
Translations
the state of being dazed
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Verb
daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)
Translations
to stupefy with excess of light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb
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