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dazed

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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