gaze

gaze
\ \ [14] Gaze is probably of Scandinavian origin, although its precise antecedents have never been pinned down. Swedish has a dialect verb gasa ‘gape, stare’, which may be related, and it could be connected in some way with Old Norse gá ‘heed’, source of a Middle English verb gaw ‘gape, stare’, which may lie behind modern English gawk [18]. These suggestions fit semantically, for the earliest use of gaze in English was in the sense ‘gawp, stare’; only gradually was this over-taken by the politer ‘look intently’. Gazebo [18] probably originated as a ‘humorous’ quasi-Latin coinage based on gaze, using the Latin first person singular future suffix -ēbō, as if gazebo meant ‘I shall gaze’.
\ \ Cf.⇒ GAZEBO

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  • gaze — [ gaz ] n. f. • 1461; p. ê. de la ville de Gaza 1 ♦ Tissu léger et transparent, de soie, de lin ou de laine, à armure complexe, à fils sinueux. Robe de gaze. ♢ Spécialt Bande, compresse de gaze (de coton). « La gaze enveloppait le crâne et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • gazé — gaze [ gaz ] n. f. • 1461; p. ê. de la ville de Gaza 1 ♦ Tissu léger et transparent, de soie, de lin ou de laine, à armure complexe, à fils sinueux. Robe de gaze. ♢ Spécialt Bande, compresse de gaze (de coton). « La gaze enveloppait le crâne et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Gaze — [ˈɡaːzə] oder Mull [mʊl] ist ein leichtes, halbdurchsichtiges Gewebe in Dreher , Scheindreher oder Leinwandbindung, wobei die Fäden in Dreherbindung weniger gegeneinander versetzt sind als in den beiden letztgenannten Arten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gaze — Gaze, ein dem Flor ähnliches, durchsichtiges, lockergewebtes Zeug, das nur dadurch von jenem verschieden ist, daß es stärkere Faden hat und dieselben weiter von einander abstehen. Man hat seidene, baumwollene und leinene Gaze, glatte und… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Gaze — Gaze, n. 1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. [1913 Webster] With secret gaze Or open admiration him behold. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The object gazed on. [1913 Webster] Made of my enemies… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gaze — vb Gaze, gape, stare, glare, peer, gloat are comparable when meaning to look at long and attentively, but they vary greatly in their implications of attitude and motive. Gaze implies fixed and prolonged attention (as in admiration, curiosity, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Gaze — (g[=a]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gazed} (g[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gazing}.] [OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw. gasa, cf. Goth. us gaisjan to terrify, us geisnan to be terrified. Cf. {Aghast}, {Ghastly}, {Ghost}, {Hesitate}.] To fix the eyes in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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