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3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amazing \A*maz"ing\, a. Causing amazement; very wonderful; as amazing grace. -- {A*maz"ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amazing adj 1: surprising greatly; "she does an amazine amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks" [syn: {astonishing}] 2: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: {awe-inspiring}, {awesome}, {awful}, {awing}]
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