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daze (v.)

late 14c., dasen, "be stunned; make bewildered," perhaps from Old Norse *dasa (compare dasask "to become weary," with reflexive suffix -sk). Or perhaps from Middle Dutch dasen "act silly." Perhaps originally "to make weary with cold" (a sense in English from c. 1400), which is the sense of Icelandic dasask (from the Old Norse word). Related: Dazed.

daze (n.)

"a dazed condition, state of being stunned or confused," 1825, from daze (v.).

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Definitions of daze from WordNet
1
daze (v.)
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;
Synonyms: dazzle / bedazzle
daze (v.)
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief;
Synonyms: stun / bedaze
2
daze (n.)
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;
his mother's death left him in a daze
Synonyms: shock / stupor
daze (n.)
confusion characterized by lack of clarity;
Synonyms: fog / haze
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