feaze

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A form of feeze — A state of worry or alarm.

OriginMiddle English fesen ← Old English fēsan ← Proto-Germanic *funsijaną →
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Meanings

verbfeaze (third-person singular simple present feazes, present participle feazing, simple past and past participle feazed)

present singular third person feazes · participle present feazing · participle past feazed · past feazed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of feeze.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of faze.

    There's mighty little that feazes you.

    1911, Graham B. Forbes, The Boys of Columbia High on the River, page 12

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*funsijaną“to make ready”
  2. Old Englishfēsan
  3. Middle Englishfesen“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”
  4. Englishfeaze

From Middle English fesen (“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”), from Old English fēsan, fȳsan (“to hasten, impel”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną (“to make ready”).

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APA

feaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feaze

MLA

“feaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feaze. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feaze,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feaze.

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