MAZE
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Maze (m&ā;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 (?), 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, v. i. To be bewildered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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