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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daze \Daze\ (d[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazed} (d[=a]zd); 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 dw[=ae]s, dysig, stupid. [root]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dazed
adj 1: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from
shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow";
"was stupid from fatigue" [syn: {stunned}, {stupefied},
{stupid(p)}]
2: stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or
drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: {foggy}, {groggy}, {logy},
{stuporous}]
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