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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
amaze \amaze"\, 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.
      1913 webster

            a labyrinth to amaze his foes.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to
      overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
      "amazing europe with her wit." --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

            and all the people were amazed, and said, is not
            this the son of david?                --matt. xii.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster
see also:
amazed amazing amaze astonish 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
amaze \amaze"\, v. i.
   to be astounded. archaic --b. taylor.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
amaze \amaze"\, v. t.
   bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder;
   amazement. chiefly poetic
   1913 webster

         the wild, bewildered
         of one to stone converted by amaze.      --byron.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
amaze
     v 1: affect with wonder; "your ability to speak six languages
          amazes me" syn: astonish, astound
     2: 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" syn: perplex, vex, stick,
         get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
         flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
see also:
astonish astound perplex vex stick get 
puzzle mystify baffle beat pose 
bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel 
dumbfound 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 moby thesaurus words for "amaze":
   addle, admiration, affect, amazement, astonish, astound, awe,
   awestrike, baffle, bamboozle, beat, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder,
   boggle, bowl down, bowl over, buffalo, confound, confoundment,
   daze, dazzle, dumbfound, dumbfounder, flabbergast, floor, fuddle,
   get, impress, keep in suspense, lick, marveling, maze, move,
   muddle, mystify, nonplus, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify,
   puzzle, stagger, startle, stick, strike, strike dead, strike dumb,
   strike with wonder, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback,
   throw, touch, wonderment





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