Amaze \A*maze"\, v. i. To be astounded. [Archaic] --B. Taylor.
Amaze \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.
Amaze \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. 23.
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.
In the recent downpour, they could also lend bedding plants to the best of this year's newspaper gardens. Inside the tent, the scale and the spectacle still amaze me.
The sheer scale of the appetite for capital of the London clearing banks never ceases to amaze.
"As long as we've been together, I suppose I should stop being surprised at what she can do, but she can still amaze me," says Kersee, whose usual style is not hyperbolic.