\A*maze"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Amazing}.] [Pref. a- + maze.]
1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.]
         A labyrinth to amaze his foes.        --Shak.
2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to
   overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
   ``Amazing Europe with her wit.'' --Goldsmith.
         And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not
         this the son of David?                --Matt. xii.
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Syn: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex;
     surprise.
Usage: {Amaze}, {Astonish}. Amazement includes the notion of
       bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It
       expresses a state in which one does not know what to
       do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at
       what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment
       also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which
       one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of
       something, or struck with some degree of horror, as
       when one is overpowered by the ?normity of an act,
       etc.

\A*maze"\, v. i.
To be astounded. [Archaic] --B. Taylor.

\A*maze"\, v. t.
Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder;
amazement. [Chiefly poetic]
      The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by
      amaze.                                   --Byron.