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   Maze , 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.]
   A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
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   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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   A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes bewilderment; as, a maze of environmental 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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