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单词 amaze
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amazen.

Brit. /əˈmeɪz/, U.S. /əˈmeɪz/
Forms: late Middle English–1600s amase, 1500s–1600s amaz, 1500s– amaze, 1800s amize (Irish English (Wexford)).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: amaze v.
Etymology: < amaze v.Given the absence of clear word division in older manuscripts, amaze and a maze (maze n.1) are sometimes difficult to distinguish, and were frequently identified.
1. Loss of one's wits or self-possession; mental stupefaction; bewilderment. Also: an instance of this; a moment or state of bewilderment. Cf. amazement n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > mental prostration or paralysis
amazec1425
amazedness?1520
amazement1553
astonishment1611
mopedness1660
anergia1874
anergy1890
punch-drunkenness1928
slug-nuttiness1943
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > state or instance of
studyc1300
were1338
amazec1425
perplexityc1475
studiala1513
pose1600
stam1638
embarrassment1721
screw-up1950
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]
mingingOE
riddleOE
cumbermentc1300
willa1325
encumbrancec1330
were1338
perplexitya1393
discomfiturea1425
cumbrancec1460
confuse1483
proplexity1487
perplexion?c1500
amazedness?1520
amazement1553
subversion1558
amaze?1560
perplexednessa1586
confusedness1587
puzzle1599
confusion1600
mizmaze1604
discomfita1616
embarras1627
obfuscation1628
mystery1629
confoundedness1641
puzzledness1662
confuseness1710
puzzlement1731
puzzledom1748
embarrassment1751
puzzleation1767
bepuzzlement1806
conjecture1815
mystification1817
bewilderment1819
perplexment1826
fuddle1827
wilderment1830
discomforture1832
head-scratching1832
baffle1843
posement1850
muddlement1857
turbidity1868
fogging1878
bemuddlement1884
harl1889
befuddlement1905
turbidness1906
wuzziness1942
perplexability1999
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 1830 He astonyd stood as in a mase, Whan þat he sawe þe conduit of his blood So stremyn out.
?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Fiiiiv Scanderbeg saw the perill, & in doubtfull amaze betweene construction of wordes & apparance of meanyng, wythdrewe hys power.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xxviii. 57 The panicles which..cover the whole braine, are subject to headache, mygram, dizinesse, and amazes.
1660 Lupton's Thousand Notable Things (new ed.) xi. 344 The Gentleman was stricken into amaze, fell sick, and dyed.
1754 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 278 Our god-daughter is pretty well, still in a whirl and an amaze.
1813 Ld. Byron Let. 10 Jan. (1974) III. 12 Murray is in amaze at the whole transaction & writes in a laughable consternation.
2. Fear, terror; dismay. Cf. amazement n. 3. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > panic
frightnessc1425
amaze1587
amazedness1587
terrification1601
panic1640
sauve-qui-peut1815
panic stations1918
tailspin1921
1587 A. Day tr. J. Amyot Longus's Daphnis & Chloe ii. sig. 4v The Captaine..beeing awaked of this vision, grewe into greater feare and amaze of this heauye charge.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 811 Thus once more brought into an amaze, they fled absolutely.
1702 J. Pomfret Misc. Poems 97 Strike the Affrighted Nations with a wild Amaze.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xi. 103 The whole rout was in amaze.
1885 ‘E. Lyall’ In Golden Days (1886) xv. 157 He looked back in a sort of amaze to think that his own act could have brought him into such a hateful position.
a1973 J. R. R. Tolkien Silmarillion (1977) xviii. 153 All that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking that Oromë himself was come.
3. Wonder or astonishment; great surprise. Also: an instance of this; a feeling of wonder or astonishment. Cf. amazement n. 2. poetic and somewhat archaic in later use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun]
wonderc700
wonderingOE
ferlya1300
marvelc1330
stupora1398
admirationc1425
admirativec1487
amazement1576
mazement1580
stupefaction1592
amazedness1593
astonishment1594
stonishment1594
amaze1598
surprisal1652
staggerment1933
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 246 His faces owne margent did coate such amazes, That all eyes saw his eyes inchaunted with gazes.
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. iii. v. 100 An amaze, that the besieged should continue in such an height of resolution.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxiv. 64 She stood all in Amaze, and look'd at me from Top to Toe.
1880 W. D. Howells Undiscovered Country v. 85 He stared at Ford in even more amaze than anger.
1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey (new ed.) iv. 45 Upon first sight of this palace of the heaven-nurtured king the visitors paused in amaze.
1957 T. Hughes Hawk in Rain 18 From the parent's pointing finger and the child's amaze.
2009 J. E. Kibler Educ. of Chauncey Doolittle xii. 139 J J. and Joe-Rion looked at each other with big eyes in a kind of amaze.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

amazev.

Brit. /əˈmeɪz/, U.S. /əˈmeɪz/
Forms: Old English amasian, Middle English–1600s amase, 1500s–1600s amazd (past participle), 1600s amays'd (past participle), 1500s– amaze; also Scottish pre-1700 amais, pre-1700 amayis.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix1, maze n.1
Etymology: Probably < a- prefix1 + the base of maze n.1 (see discussion at that entry). Compare later maze v.In early use rare except as past participle and, in use as past participle, difficult to distinguish from predicative use of (the derived) amazed adj.: see further discussion at that entry. However, compare also amazing adj. and amaze n., which suggest wider use of the verb in Middle English.
1.
a. transitive. To stun or stupefy (a person); to daze; to bewilder, perplex. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (transitive)] > cause mental confusion
amazeOE
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (transitive)] > prostrate or paralyse mentally
amazeOE
mazec1390
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy
swevec725
amazeOE
mazec1390
dazea1400
fordulla1400
stupefy?a1425
dullc1440
entrance1569
damp1570
daunt1581
stupefact1583
trance1597
astound1600
mulla1616
doze1617
soporate1623
consopite1647
obstupefying1660
dozzlea1670
infatuate1712
smoor1718
silly1859
maizel1869
zombify1950
OE Lambeth Psalter: Canticles v. 241 In furore obstupefacies gentes : on hatheortnysse þu amasost þeoda.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f.C.xli You will amase hym with beatyng of hym thus aboute the heed.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Xx.iii They dull and amase the vnderstandyng of the vnlearned.
1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vii. sig. I5v The snow amazeth them, & causeth them presently to fall.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 44 The Lord..smote him to the ground, and amazed him.
1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. xxi. 479 Being totally amazed by this first blow, he returned to the camp.
b. transitive (reflexive). To bewilder, puzzle, or perplex oneself. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be confused [verb (reflexive)]
amaze1578
puzzle1613
1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande i. ix. f. 36v What is it for me to amaze my selfe here in describyng of beautie, because of her inestimable perfection.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 98 I might easily amaze my self, and tire you in a relation of them. View more context for this quotation
a1678 A. Marvell Poems in Wks. (1776) III. 412 How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays.
2. transitive. To fill (a person) with fear, panic, or alarm; to terrify. Obsolete (chiefly poetic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)]
misforgivea1425
feezec1440
effray1480
amaze?1518
misgivea1535
deter1595
baze1603
alarm1620
larum1758
to put the wind up1916
spook1935
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. A.vii Fyrste was the woman amasyd nere for drede At the last she commaunded the eldest to procede.
?1606 M. Drayton Ode xii, in Poemes sig. C6 Though they to one be ten Be not amazed.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 109 The sight of any shadow amazes the fish. View more context for this quotation
1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iii. ii. 35 It is the Duty of a Preacher to amaze a Sinner.
a1871 C. Elliott Leaves from Unpublished Jrnls., Lett. & Poems (1874) 224 There prostrate laid, amazed with fears, Thou pourest out strong cries and tears.
1917 T. S. Eliot Prufrock & Other Observ. 40 Sometimes these cogitations still amaze The troubled midnight and the noon's repose.
3. transitive. To greatly surprise (a person); to fill with astonishment or wonder; to astound.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)]
marvela1425
esmarvel1477
amaze?1533
wondera1561
bewondera1586
to hold at gaze1594
admire1598
wonder-maze1603
astonish1611
thunderstrike1613
surprise1655
to astonish the natives1801
emmarvel1834
zap1967
mind-blow1970
gobsmack1987
?1533–4 R. Saltwood Compar. bytwene iiij. Byrdes sig. A.iv My eye I cast on that mery orgon Of whos syght anon was amased So lytel a byrde to muse that lesson So audyble.
1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations C4v [They] were amazed at the ingratitude of the wretch.
1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. ii. 46 You amaze me greatly, is this all the Notice and Care they take of such a Treasure?
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 33 A young man, whose eccentric career was destined to amaze Europe.
1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xvi. 263 It amazed her to hear Thackeray called second-rate.
1978 A. Newman Another Bouquet iv. 132 Even now her loyalty amazed and impressed him.
2012 Sidewalk Mar. 69/1 Charlie Munro is a ridiculously talented skateboarder; it really amazes me that he is not already established in the UK scene.
4. intransitive. To be astounded or stupefied. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder, be amazed [verb (intransitive)] > be stupefied
stonya1382
stoynea1464
reelc1475
amaze1589
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 194 It would so make the chast eares amaze.
1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. A3 Madam amaze not.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iv. i. 294 Men amaze thereat.
2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Dec. d12/3 At this copacetic gallery-house of local legend Ron Artis..amaze at the rows of battered surfboards Ron turned into airbrushed works of art.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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