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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
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.
To overpower with light; to dim or blind by too strong a light, or to render the sight unsteady.

DAZE

,
Noun.
Among miners, a glittering stone.
DAZ'ZLE, v.t.

Definition 2024


daze

daze

English

Noun

daze (plural dazes)

  1. The state of being dazed;
    He was in a daze.
  2. (mining) A glittering stone.

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Verb

daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)

  1. To stupefy with excess of light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

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