[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maze \maze\ m=az, n. oe. mase; cf. oe. masen to confuse,
   puzzle, norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be
   continually busy, prate, chatter, icel. masa to chatter,
   dial. sw. masa to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas
   slow, lazy.
   1. a wild fancy; a confused notion. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of
      bewilderment.
      1913 webster

   3. a confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages;
      an intricacy; a labyrinth. "quaint mazes on the wanton
      green." --shak.
      1913 webster

            or down the tempting maze of shawford brook.
                                                  --wordaworth.
      1913 webster

            the ways of heaven are dark and intricate,
            puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. a complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes
      bwilderment; as, a maze of environemntal regulations.
      pjc

   syn: labyrinth; intricacy. see labyrinth.
        1913 webster
see also:
labyrinth 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maze \maze\, v. t. imp.  p. p. mazed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   mazing.
   to perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to
   amaze. --south.
   1913 webster
see also:
mazed mazing 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maze \maze\, v. i.
   to be bewildered. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

maze
     n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to
          get lost syn: labyrinth
     2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
        regulations" syn: tangle, snarl
see also:
labyrinth tangle snarl 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "maze":
   chinese puzzle, gordian knot, rube goldberg contraption, addle,
   addle the wits, amaze, baffle, ball up, bamboozle, beat, becloud,
   bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, boggle,
   bother, botheration, buffalo, bug, can of worms, chaos, cloud,
   complex, confound, confuse, confusion, conglomeration, daze,
   dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture,
   discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder,
   disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disturb,
   disturbance, embarrass, embarrassment, entangle, floor, flummox,
   flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, frenzy, fuddle, fuddlement, fuss,
   get, gordian knot, haze, hodgepodge, intricacy, jumble, jungle,
   keep in suspense, knot, labyrinth, lick, meander, mesh, mess,
   miscellany, mishmash, mist, mix up, moider, morass, muddle,
   muddleheadedness, muddlement, mystify, nonplus, perplex,
   perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pother, pucker, put out, puzzle,
   raise hell, rattle, ravel, ruffle, shuffle, skein, snafu,
   snake pit, snarl, stew, stick, stump, sweat, swivet, tangle,
   tangled skein, throw, throw into confusion, tizzy, unsettle,
   unsettlement, upset, web, webwork, wheels within wheels,
   wilderness

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