amazed, ppl. a.
(əˈmeɪzd)
[f. amaze v. + -ed.]
† 1. Driven stupid; stunned or stupefied, as by a blow; out of one's wits. Obs.
| c 1230 Ancr. R. 284 Nai, seið sum amased þing. 1393 Gower Conf. II. 21, I wot neuer, what I am..But muse as he, that were amased. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys of Seyntys 14 As a man amasyd he sodeynly dede abreyde. 1551 Turner Herbal (1568) 9 Leopardes bayne layd to a scorpione maketh hym vtterly amased and num. 1586 T. B. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. 491 She strake hir head so hard against the wall, that she fell downe amazed. a 1604 Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1633) 20 The other gave Starcuterus such a blow, that he stood a great while amazed. 1683 Lady Russell Lett. I. v. 14 A woman amazed with grief. 1704 Pope Windsor For. 109 Sudden they seize th' amaz'd defenceless prize. |
† 2. Bewildered, confounded, confused, perplexed. Of things: Thrown into confusion. Obs.
| c 1450 Merlin xiii. 199 Thei were so a-masid that thei wiste not what to do. 1513 More Rich. III (1641) 249 The poore, amased, and desolate commons of this Realme. 1598 Yong Diana 215 One, that is amazed in minde, Not knowing whether he doth dreame or no. 1608 Yorksh. Trag. i. iv. 207 All his studies amazed. 1651 Jer. Taylor Serm. i. xxvii. 343 The contradiction is multiplyed and the labyrinths more amazed. |
† 3. Struck with sudden terror; terror-stricken, terrified, alarmed. Obs.
| c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 383 Be ye no thyng amased [v.r. amazed, a-mased, amasud]. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxvii, To the kinge she ran So amased in her mortall wo. 1611 Bible Judg. xx. 41 When the men of Israel turned againe, the men of Beniamin were amased. 1640 Fuller Abel Rediv., Luther (1867) I. 67 Amazed not so much for her own as for her children's preservation. |
4. Lost in wonder or astonishment.
| 1583 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 32 With woonder amazed. 1590 Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 220, I am amazed at your passionate words. 1659 Hammond On Ps. Pref. 16 Admiring and glorifying God as he stands amazed. 1782 Cowper J. Gilpin xli, The callender, amazed to see His neighbour in such trim. 1855 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea §741 We are utterly amazed at the offices which have been performed..by the animalcula. |