An archaic or dialectal term meaning to daze, stupefy, or stun someone or something.
From Middle English 'dasen' or related Germanic roots meaning 'to daze or stun.' The word is now largely obsolete but appears in older literature and dialect speech.
English has replaced 'dase' with 'daze,' but if you read older texts you'll find 'dased' or 'dasement' showing how word forms shift—sometimes completely different words (like 'stun') take over the job of expressing an idea.
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