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Gaze

/ɡeɪz/

To look steadily at something or someone, usually with intense focus or curiosity.

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I gazed at Poirot dumbfounded.

And when to gazing farther I betook me.

While he is asleep, the boy gazes at the water, pondering.

Derived from Middle English gazen, possibly from Old Norse gasa, meaning to gape or gaze heedlessly.

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