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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Daze

/(dāz)/ · IPA /deɪz/
01 v. t. To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
imp. & p. p. Dazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing
  1. 1.
    To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
    “While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.” Spenser.
    “Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world.” — Sir H. Taylor.
    “He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest.” Dickens.
02 n. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.
  1. 1.
    The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.[Colloq.]
  2. 2.
    A glittering stone.(Mining)