Definitions for amaze
əˈmeɪzamaze

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. amaze, astonish, astoundverb

   affect with wonder

   "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

2. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amazenoun

   Amazement, astonishment.

2. amazeverb

   To stupefy; to knock unconscious.

3. amazeverb

   To terrify, to fill with panic.

4. amazeverb

   To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.

   He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.

5. Etymology: From amasen, from amasian, from a- + * from *, from mas-, from mā-. Akin to masa, μάτη, μέμαα. More at automatic.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amazenoun

   Astonishment; confusion, either of fear or wonder.

   Etymology: from the verb amaze.

   Fairfax, whose name in arms thro’ Europe rings,
   And fills all mouths with envy or with praise,
   And all her jealous monarchs with amaze,
   And rumours loud. John Milton, Paradise Regained.

   Meantime the Trojan cuts his wat’ry way,
   Fix’d on his voyage thro’ the curling sea,
   Then casting back his eyes with dire amaze,
   Sees, on the Punick shore, the mounting blaze. Dryden.

2. To AMAZEverb

   Etymology: from a and maze, perplexity.

   1. To confuse with terrour.

   Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them, and they shall tremble at every moment; every man for his own life in the day of the fall. Ezek. xxxii. 10.

   2. To put into confusion with wonder.

   Go, heav’nly pair, and with your dazling virtues,
   Your courage, truth, your innocence and love,
   Amaze and charm mankind. Edmund Smith, Phædr. and Hippol.

   3. To put into perplexity.

   That cannot choose but amaze him. If he be not amazed, he will be mocked; if he be amazed, he will every way be mocked. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

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1. amaze

   To amaze is to greatly astonish or surprise someone, often leaving them in a state of wonder or disbelief. This can be caused by an unexpected, extraordinary, or impressive event, action, or quality.

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1. Amazeverb

   to bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze

2. Amazeverb

   to confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly

3. Amazeverb

   to be astounded

4. Amazeverb

   bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amaze

   a-māz′, v.t. to confound with surprise or wonder.—n. astonishment: perplexity (much less common than Amaze′ment).—adv. Amaz′edly, with amazement or wonder.—n. Amaze′ment, Amaz′edness (rare), surprise mingled with wonder: astonishment.—p.adj. Amaze′ing, causing amazement, astonishment: astonishing.—adv. Amaz′ingly. [Pfx. a-, and Maze.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amaze in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amaze in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of amaze in a Sentence

1. Robert McKenna:

   It never ceases to amaze me how a simple molecule such as saccharin— something many people put in their coffee every day— may have untapped uses, including as a possible lead compound to target aggressive cancers.

2. Ralph Norman:

   I mean, the whole thing is an abomination to this country, to spend $1.5 trillion, which is a 16 percent increase of the total of last year's budget and to go further in debt. You can pick out any number of these earmarks … with no offsets? It continues to amaze me.

3. Vickie Henry of Maggie:

   The beauty of Assateague never fails to amaze me.

4. Ken Nedimyer:

   It never ceases to amaze me how fast we can grow those corals and how well they are doing.

5. John Kilduff:

   The part of the report that continues to amaze is the domestic production number, which showed a small rise, despite the ever-plunging rig count.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=amaze
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amaze
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=amaze
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amaze
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=amaze