Amaze Definition

ə-māz

amazed, amazes, amazing

verb

amazed, amazes, amazing

To affect with great wonder; astonish.

American Heritage

To fill with great surprise or sudden wonder; astonish.

Webster's New World

To bewilder; perplex.

American Heritage

To bewilder.

Webster's New World

To cause great wonder or astonishment.

A sight that amazes.

American Heritage

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noun

amazes

Amazement; wonder.

American Heritage

Amazement.

Webster's New World

(now poetic) Amazement, astonishment. [from 16th c.]

Wiktionary

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Origin of Amaze

From Middle English amasen (“to bewilder, perplex”), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”) from *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”), from Proto-Germanic *mas-, *masōną (“to confound, be weary, dream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mā- (“to stupefy”). Akin to Old Norse masa (“to struggle, be confused”), Ancient Greek μάτη (mátē, “folly”), μέμαα (mémaa, “I was eager”). More at automatic.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English masen to bewilder, and from amased bewildered (from Old English āmasod) both from Old English āmasian to bewilder ā- intensive pref. masian to confuse

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition