Part 364

<h1>Amaze</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*maze"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Amazed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Amazing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>maze</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A labyrinth to <b>amaze</b> his foes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.</def> "<i>Amazing</i> Europe with her wit."

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<blockquote>And all the people were <b>amazed</b>, and said, Is not this the son of David? <i>Matt. xii. 23.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Amaze</er>, <er>Astonish</er>. <i>Amazement</i> 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 <i>amazed</i> at what we can not in the least account for. <i>Astonishment</i> also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which one is <i>stunned</i> by the vastness or greatness of something, or struck with some degree of horror, as when one is overpowered by the <?/normity of an act, etc.</usage>

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<hw>A*maze"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be astounded.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>B. Taylor.</i>

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<hw>A*maze"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement.</def> <mark>[Chiefly poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by <b>amaze</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Amazedly</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*maz"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In amazement; with confusion or astonishment.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Amazedness</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*maz"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Amazeful</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*maze"ful</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of amazement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Amazement</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>A*maze"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being amazed; bewilderment <mark>[Obs.]</mark>; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.</def>

<blockquote>His words impression left Of much <b>amazement</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Frenzy; madness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Webster (1661).</i>

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<hw>A*maz"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing amazement; very wonderful; <as>as, <ex>amazing</ex> grace</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*maz"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>