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amaze | z |

As a verb amaze

is (obsolete) to stupefy; to knock unconscious.

As a noun amaze

is .

As a letter z is

the letter z with a.

amaze

English

Verb

(amaz)
  • (obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
  • (obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a labyrinth to amaze his foes
  • (obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic.
  • *, New York Review Books 2001, p.261:
    • [Fear] amazeth many men that are to speak or show themselves in public assemblies, or before some great personages […].
  • To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
    • He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
  • * Bible, Matthew xii. 23
    • And all the people were amazed , and said, Is not this the son of David?
  • * Goldsmith
    • Spain has long fallen from amazing Europe with her wit, to amusing them with the greatness of her Catholic credulity.
  • To undergo amazement; to be astounded.

    • Related terms

    * amazing * amazement

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
    • All in amaze he suddenly vp start / With sword in hand, and with the old man went [...].
  • * 1891 , (Mary Noailles Murfree), In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 103:
    • Shattuck looked at him in amaze .
  • * 1985 , (Lawrence Durrell), Quinx'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1361:
    • She took the proffered cheque and stared at it with puzzled amaze , dazed by her own behaviour.

    z

    Translingual

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    Letter

  • The twenty-sixth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * Greek .

    Symbol

    (Voiced alveolar fricative) (head)
    • f \left ( x , y , z \right ) = \sin x + \cos y + \tan z
    • x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1
    • \left \Vert z \right \Vert = z \cdot \bar z
    • P[Z > z] = 1 - P[Z < z] = 1 - \Phi(z)
  • Quantity along the third axis in a three-dimensional system, vertical when applicable.
  • voiced alveolar fricative

    • Derived terms

    ; Prefix zepto- * (zA) * (zcd) * (zK) * (zkg) * (zm) * (zmol) * (zs) * (zBq) * (zC) * (zF) * (zGy) * (zH) * (zHz) * (zJ) * (zkat) * (zlm) * (zlx) * (zN) * * (zPa) * (zrad) * (zS) * (zSv) * (zsr) * (zT) * (zV) * (zW) * (zWb)

    See also

    {{Letter , page=Z , NATO=Zulu , Morse=––·· , Character=Z , Braille=? }} Image:Latin Z.png, Capital and lowercase versions of Z , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter Z.png, Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur ----