GAZE, verb intransitive [Gr. to be astonished, and Heb. to see or look, that is, to fix the eye or to reach with the eye.] To fix the eyes and look steadily and earnestly; to look with eagerness or curiosity; as in admiration, astonishment, or in study. A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? Acts 1:1. GAZE, verb transitive To view with fixed attention. And gazed awhile the ample sky. [It is little used as a transitive verb.] GAZE, noun A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder or admiration; a continued look of attention. With secret gaze Or open admiration, him behold-- 1. The object gazed on; that which causes one to gaze Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze
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