| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·maze |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -m z |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause great wonder or astonishment: a sight that amazes. | | NOUN: | Amazement; wonder. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English masen, to bewilder, and from amased, bewildered (from Old English masod), both from Old English masian, to bewilder : -, intensive pref. + *masian, to confuse. | | OTHER FORMS: | a·mazed·ly (-mz d-l ) —ADVERB
a·mazed·ness —NOUN
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