agaze

[uh-geyz]

adjective

staring intently; gazing: The children were agaze at the Christmas tree.

Origin of agaze

1400–50; late Middle English. See a-¹, gaze

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Historical Examples of agaze

The little maid sat long in the deep window, agaze on the street.
Long Will
Florence Converse
As the harbour was entered all eyes were agaze at this first contact with the civilisation of the Old World.
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I
Herbert Brayley Collett
As I stood there agaze at the strangeness and wonder of her, a voice at my shoulder made me whirl in surprise.
Valley of the Croen
Lee Tarbell