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gaze
1. v. (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
They gazed at the stars for hours.
In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from)
2. v. (transitive, poetic) To stare at.
3. n. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
4. n. (archaic) The object gazed on.
5. n. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.

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I kept gazing at her until she, totally confused, dropped her gaze.  She had a deep gaze and beautiful amber brown colored eyes.  Don't look into the abyss. Otherwise, the abyss will gaze into you.

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