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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. 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\, v. i.
To be bewildered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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maze
n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to
get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth]

2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
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118 Moby Thesaurus words for "maze":
Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, addle,
addle the wits, amaze, baffle, ball up, bamboozle, beat, becloud,
bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, boggle,
bother, botheration, buffalo, bug, can of worms, chaos, cloud,
complex, confound, confuse, confusion, conglomeration, daze,
dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture,
discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder,
disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disturb,
disturbance, embarrass, embarrassment, entangle, floor, flummox,
flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, frenzy, fuddle, fuddlement, fuss,
get, gordian knot, haze, hodgepodge, intricacy, jumble, jungle,
keep in suspense, knot, labyrinth, lick, meander, mesh, mess,
miscellany, mishmash, mist, mix up, moider, morass, muddle,
muddleheadedness, muddlement, mystify, nonplus, perplex,
perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pother, pucker, put out, puzzle,
raise hell, rattle, ravel, ruffle, shuffle, skein, snafu,
snake pit, snarl, stew, stick, stump, sweat, swivet, tangle,
tangled skein, throw, throw into confusion, tizzy, unsettle,
unsettlement, upset, web, webwork, wheels within wheels,
wilderness



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