gaze

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To look at someone or something for a long time, often with wonder or interest.

   They gazed at the stars for hours on the warm summer night.

2. 2
   noun

   A long, steady look.

   She fixed her gaze on the horizon and said nothing.

From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).

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