amaze Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb affect with wonder
    astonish; astound.
    • Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!
  2. verb be a mystery or bewildering to
    mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
    • This beats me!
    • Got me--I don't know the answer!
    • a vexing problem
    • This question really stuck me

WordNet

A*maze" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. a- + maze.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Amazed present participle & verbal noun Amazing
Definitions
  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. -- 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" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be astounded. Archaic B. Taylor.
A*maze" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder; amazement. Chiefly poetic
    The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by amaze. Byron.

Webster 1913