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Maze \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mazing}.]
To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to
amaze. --South.
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Maze \Maze\ (m[=a]z), n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse,
puzzle, Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be
continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter,
dial. Sw. masa to bask, be slow, work slowly and lazily, mas
slow, lazy.]
1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of
bewilderment.
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3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages;
an intricacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton
green." --Shak.
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Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook.
--Wordaworth.
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The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error.
--Addison.
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4. A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes
bwilderment; as, a maze of environemntal regulations.
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Syn: Labyrinth; intricacy. See {Labyrinth}.
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Maze \Maze\, v. i.
To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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