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amaze

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a·maze  (-mz)
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es
v.tr.
1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise.
2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex.
v.intr.
To cause great wonder or astonishment: a sight that amazes.
n.
Amazement; wonder.

[From Middle English masen, to bewilder, and from amased, bewildered (from Old English masod), both from Old English masian, to bewilder : -, intensive pref. + *masian, to confuse.]

a·mazed·ly (-mzd-l) adv.
a·mazed·ness n.

amaze
Verb
[amazing, amazed] to fill with surprise; astonish [Old English āmasian]
amazement n
amazing adj
amazingly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.amaze - affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
dazzle - amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"
surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
2.amazeamaze - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

amaze
verb astonish, surprise, shock, stun, alarm, stagger, startle, bewilder, astound, daze, confound, stupefy, flabbergast, bowl someone over (informal) boggle someone's mind, dumbfound
Translations
Spanish amaze [əˈmeɪz] vtasombrar, pasmar;
to be amazed (at) → asombrarse (de)

French amaze [əˈmeɪz] vtstupéfier;
to be amazed (at) → être stupéfait(e) (de)

German amaze [əˈmeɪz] vterstaunen;
to be amazed (at) → erstaunt sein (über +acc)

Italian amaze [əˈmeɪz] vtstupire;
to be amazed (at) → essere sbalordito/a (da)

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I did not know even Tolstoy's name when I opened it, and it was with a kind of amaze that I read it, and felt word by word, and line by line, the truth of a new art in it.
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It may be but an old trick come back to me with these memories, but again I clasp my hands to my brows in amaze at the thought that all this was for me could I retain her love.
 
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