faze

Alternative forms

 * (see notes)

Etymology
From English (Kentish), , from , from , , from , from , from. The word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Citations for faze in the Oxford English Dictionary start in 1830, and usage was established by 1890.

Verb

 * 1)  To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off ; to disconcert, to perturb.

Usage notes
The spelling is sometimes used for faze, including by such notables as  and . Nonetheless, many writers avoid it anyway, simply because many readers will believe it to be an error (even if it isn't one). A memory aid for this prescription is that faze and frighten both begin with f.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使担忧
 * Czech: vyvést z míry, rozhodit, vykolejit
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, hätkähdyttää
 * French:
 * German: aus der Fassung bringen, in Unruhe versetzen, ,
 * Maori: whakahārangi
 * Polish: zbić z tropu
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:, bringa ur fattning,

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) do, make