baze

See also: bazé, báze, bāze, and Baze

English

Alternative forms

• baize

Etymology

Uncertain, but apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (“to astonish, stupefy”), obsolete German basen (“to rave”). Compare also Scots baise (“confusion, bewilderment”).

Verb

baze (third-person singular simple present bazes, present participle bazing, simple past and past participle bazed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To stupefy; frighten; alarm.

Related terms

• basen

Anagrams

• Beza, Baez, ezba

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaze/
• Rhymes: -aze
• Syllabification: ba‧ze

Adverb

baze

1. basically

Related terms

• baza

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French baser (“base”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈze/

Verb

baze

1. to base

Related terms

• baz

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 23

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• bazi (Sotavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese base.

Noun

baze

1. (Barlavento) base
2. (Barlavento) basis

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbazɛ/, [ˈbazə]

Noun

baze

1. nominative/accusative plural of baz

Portuguese

Verb

baze

1. inflection of bazar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative