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amaze

/əˈmeɪz/uh-MAYZ
/əˈmeɪz/uh-MAYZ

Meaningconfuse

Common meaning: astonish

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishamasian‘confuse’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsconfuse → bewilderamasen‘bewilder’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbewilder → astonishamaze‘astonish’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English amasian ‘confuse’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry AMAZE, p. 14 · dictionary scan

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