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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amaze \A*maze"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amazed}; p. pr & vb n. {Amazing}.] [Pref. a- + maze.] 1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. --Shak. 2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly. ``Amazing Europe with her wit.'' --Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said Is not this the son of David? --Matt. xii. 23. Syn: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise. Usage: {Amaze}, {Astonish}. Amazement 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 amazed at what we can not in the least account for Astonishment also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which one is stunned 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amazed adj : filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses" [syn: {astonied}, {astonished}, {astounded}, {stunned}]
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