a. Obs. [f. AMAZE sb. + -FUL.]
1. actively, Causing amazement; driving one out of his wits; distracting.
1530. Palsgr., 305/1. Amasefull, effraieux.
1581. Sidney, Astr. & Stella, xcvi. 9. Amazefull solitarinesse.
2. passively, Struck with amazement; distracted, infatuated, stupefied.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iv. II. (1641), 216/2. The Queen, nigh sunk in an amazeful swoon.
1600. Chapman, Iliad, XVII. 658. Who at length Put all the youth of Greece besides in most amazeful rout.
