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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gaze \Gaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gazed}; p. pr & vb n. {Gazing}.] [OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw gasa, cf Goth. us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified. Cf {Aghast}, {Ghastly}, {Ghost}, {Hesitate}.] To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? --Acts i. 11. Syn: To gape; stare; look Usage: To {Gaze}, {Gape}, {Stare}. To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look
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