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noun
- A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- (archaic): The object gazed on.
verb (gaz, ing)
- (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
- In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from http://www.italian.ucla.edu/faculty/harrison/Essays/Antonioni.htm Thinking in the Absence of Image)
- (transitive) (poetic) To stare at.
- 1667: Strait toward Heav'n my wondring Eyes I turnd, / And gaz'd a while the ample Skie " John Milton, Paradise Lost (book VIII)
Etymology: Origin uncertain.
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