‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; step, platform. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make mad. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mangle; to tear asunder. [ R. ] Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mask; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To master thoroughly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. “In order to bemaul Yorick.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. bimasen; pref. be- + masen to maze. ] To bewilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intellects bemazed in endless doubt. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]