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noun

Gaze n.

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. "With secret gaze Or open admiration him behold."

The object gazed on. "Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze."

At gaze

(a)

(Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon.

(b)

In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing. "I that rather held it better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon!"

verb

Gaze v. t. To view with attention; to gaze on. (R.) "And gazed a while the ample sky."

Gaze v. i. (past & past part. gazed; pres. part. gazing) To fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. "Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"

Synonyms: To gape; stare; look. To Gaze, Gape, Stare. To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look.

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Etymology of 'Gaze'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gaze" Quotes from Famous Books

... returned for a moment his companion's perplexed gaze. Then his lips parted, his eyes shone. He laughed softly, gracefully, with ...

— The Illustrious Prince • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... habit, daily, for the past month, of wandering down the Rue Ecole de Mdecine, ostensibly to gaze at Marat's dwelling, as crowds of idlers were wont to do, but really in order to look at Droulde's house. Once or twice she saw him coming or going from home. Once she caught sight of the inner hall, and of a young girl in a dark kirtle ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... brought back the yielding of her face and form as she had drooped under his gaze. Contemplating the reproduction, he seemed to see, for the second time, in the appeal and in the confession of weakness, ...

— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens

... re-examination, though both the man and the place were dangerous, the preacher endured with the most composed and steady countenance, seeming, under the eagle, or rather the vulture eye of the baron, as unmoved as under the gaze of an ordinary and peaceful peasant. At length Julian Avenel folded both papers, and having put them into the pocket of his cloak, cleared his brow, and, coming forward, addressed his female companion. "Catherine," said he, "I have done this good man injustice, when ...

— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott

... wherever they might lead. Every one was watching with intense eagerness; the four boats were separated a short distance from each other; now and then the officers would stand up to see if the monster had risen, and then they would turn their gaze towards the ship for a signal from the look-out aboard. Still the time passed ...

— Old Jack • W.H.G. Kingston

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