maze

maze
—mazedly /mayzd"lee, may"zid-/, adv. —mazedness, n. —mazelike, adj.
/mayz/, n., v., mazed, mazing.
n.
1. a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
2. any complex system or arrangement that causes bewilderment, confusion, or perplexity: Her petition was lost in a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
3. a state of bewilderment or confusion.
4. a winding movement, as in dancing.
v.t.
5. Chiefly Dial. to daze, perplex, or stupefy.
[1250-1300; ME mase, n. use of aph. var. of amasen to AMAZE]

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