US /fiz/ UK /fiːz/
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    (dialectal) to drive or beat; a state of agitation or fluster

    The sudden noise put the old farmer in a feeze.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · (dialectal) to drive or... drivebeatflusteragitateworryfrighten
Word family
Related forms feazefaze

Etymology

A dialectal verb (also spelled 'feaze') meaning 'to drive, beat, or agitate', from Old English 'fēsian, fȳsan' ('to drive away, put to flight'); it is the source of modern 'faze'.

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