mase
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /meɪz/
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Verb
mase (third-person singular simple present mases, present participle masing, simple past and past participle mased)
- To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
See also
- Mase is also an obsolete alternative spelling of maze.
Czech
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːsə/, [ˈmæːsə]
Japanese
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: Maas
Middle English
Etymology 1
Probably from masen; further etymology is disputed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaːz(ə)/
Noun
mase (plural mases)
- Something that causes bewilderment or mystery (e.g. a wild fancy; a confused notion)
- Something that causes misleadingness or chicanery.
- (rare, later ME) A maze or labyrinth.
References
- “māse (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
From a conflation of Anglo-Norman messe and Old English mæsse.
Etymology 3
From Old French mace.
Etymology 4
Probably from amased.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maisǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːse/, [ˈmɑːze]
Declension
Spanish
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