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amaurosis
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amaze
amazement
amazing
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amaze

a·maze [ ə máyz ] (past and past participle a·mazed, present participle a·maz·ing, 3rd person present singular a·maz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
fill somebody with wonder: to fill somebody with wonder or astonishment

[ Old English āmasian "stupefy, stun," origin ?]

a·mazed adjective
a·maz·ed·ly [ ə máyzədlee ] adverb
a·maz·ed·ness [ ə máyzədnəss ] noun
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