Added 9 October 2026
amaze
/əˈmeɪz/ verb
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To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
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To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
- To stun or stupefy (someone).
noun
- Amazement, astonishment; an instance of this. Fear, terror.
- Amazement, astonishment; an instance of this.
- Fear, terror.
adjective
- Clipping of amazing.
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English *amasen, *amase (“to bewilder, perplex”) (attested chiefly in the past participle form, and thus often difficult to distinguish from amased (adjective)), from Old English āmasian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound, confuse, perplex; to amaze”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)). The English word is analysable as a- (intensifying prefix) + maze (“(archaic) to astonish, amaze, bewilder; to daze, stupefy”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English amase, from the verb: see above.
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