amaze
/əˈmeɪz/ verb B2- To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. · He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
Plural amaze · He/she/it amazes · Past amazed · Past participle amazed · -ing form amazing
Verb forms
- Base form
- amaze
- He/she/it
- amazes
- Past
- amazed
- Past participle
- amazed
- -ing form
- amazing
From the library
Father Wolf looked on amazed.
Rachel prided herself on always speaking her mind; she proceeded to speak it now, having adjusted her mental attitude to this amazing piece of news.
“Matthew Cuthbert, I’m amazed at you.
That was Matthew’s way--take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency--a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.
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