Amaze Definition

ə-māz
amazed, amazes, amazing
verb
amazed, amazes, amazing
To affect with great wonder; astonish.
American Heritage
To fill with great surprise or sudden wonder; astonish.
Webster's New World
To bewilder; perplex.
American Heritage
To bewilder.
Webster's New World
To cause great wonder or astonishment.
A sight that amazes.
American Heritage
noun
amazes
Amazement; wonder.
American Heritage
Amazement.
Webster's New World

(now poetic) Amazement, astonishment. [from 16th c.]

Wiktionary

Origin of Amaze

  • From Middle English amasen (“to bewilder, perplex”), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”) from *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”), from Proto-Germanic *mas-, *masōną (“to confound, be weary, dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mā- (“to stupefy”). Akin to Old Norse masa (“to struggle, be confused”), Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”), μέμαα (mémaa, “I was eager”). More at automatic.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English masen to bewilder, and from amased bewildered (from Old English āmasod) both from Old English āmasian to bewilder ā- intensive pref. masian to confuse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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