Sekirov Dictionary

amaze

/əˈmeɪz/

verb 5
noun 3
adjective 1
forms 6

verb5

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To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
- He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
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(no longer used) To experience amazement; to be astounded.
- Madam amaze not, see his Maiestie / Returnd vvith glory from the holy land. — 1593
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[with oneself] (no longer used) To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself).
- The many musits thought the which he goes / Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes. — 1593
(no longer used) To stun or stupefy (someone).
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(literary, no longer used) To fill (someone) with panic; to panic, to terrify.
- It [fear] amaseth many men that are to speake, or shevv themselues in publike assemblies, or before some great personages, […] — 1621

noun3

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(no longer used) Amazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this.
- All in amaze he suddenly vp start / VVith svvord in hand, and vvith the old man vvent; […] — 1590
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(no longer used) Stupefaction of the mind; bewilderment; (countable) an instance of this.
- [T]he panicles or thin skins [of a horse] vvhich cleauing to the bones, doe couer the vvhole braine, are subiect to headache, mygram [migrane], dizinesse, and amazes; […] — 1610
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(no longer used) Fear, terror.
- [T]he whole rout was in amaze; his Lordship turned all manner of colours, my Lady fell into a swoon; […] — 1766

adjective1

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(slang) Clipping of amazing.
- As incredibly amaze the aftermath in FFoD was, it would have been nice to see the post-Unicron battle for Cybertron. — 1998

forms

amaz'd · amazed · amazing · amazes · amazeth · amazest

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