## Meanings
1. A state of being confused and unable to think clearly.
2. To make someone confused or unable to think clearly, often by a shock or blow.

## Examples
- After the accident, he wandered around in a daze.
- The fall dazed her for a few moments.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dusāną
- Root: dasen

## Etymology
From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

## AI Etymology
daze comes from Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”). The historical chain includes Proto-Germanic *dusāną, Middle Dutch dasen. Current senses include A state of being confused and unable to think clearly and to make someone confused or unable to think clearly, often by a shock or blow.

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- Mind & Cognition

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