maze

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MAZE, noun 1. A winding and turning; perplexed state of things; intricacy; a state that embarrasses. The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. 2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty. 3. A labyrinth. MAZE, verb transitive To bewilder; to confound with intricacy; to amaze. MAZE, verb intransitive To be bewildered.
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