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  • 121Astound — As*tound , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.] {Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. [1913 Webster] No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. To astonish; to strike… …

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  • 122Astound — As*tound , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.] {Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. [1913 Webster] No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. To astonish; to strike… …

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  • 123Astounded — Astound As*tound , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.] {Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. [1913 Webster] No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. To astonish; to …

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  • 124Astounding — Astound As*tound , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.] {Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. [1913 Webster] No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 2. To astonish; to …

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  • 125astonish — astonishedly, adv. astonisher, n. /euh ston ish/, v.t. to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze: Her easy humor and keen intellect astonished me. [1525 35; ME astonyen, astonen, prob. < dial. OF *astoner, OF estoner < VL&#8230; …

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  • 126astonish — as•ton•ish [[t]əˈstɒn ɪʃ[/t]] v. t. to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder • Etymology: 1525–35; ME astonyen, astonen, prob. &LT; dial. OF *astoner, OF estoner &LT; VL *extonāre, for L attonāre to strike with a thunderbolt &LT;&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 127amaze, astonish, surprise — Amaze means to bewilder, to perplex, to astound, to stun. Its meaning can be recalled by thinking that to be amazed is to be lost in a maze : I thought you were dead; your reappearance amazes me. Astonish means to strike with sudden fear or&#8230; …

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  • 128astonish — /əˈstɒnɪʃ / (say uh stonish) verb (t) to strike with sudden and overpowering wonder; surprise greatly; amaze. {earlier astony, ? Old English āstunian, intensive of stunian resound. Compare astound, stun} –astonisher, noun …

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