ASTONY

Etymology

Verb

astony (third-person singular simple present astonies, present participle astonying, simple past and past participle astonied)

(archaic, transitive) To stun, paralyse, astound.

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Source: Wiktionary


As*ton"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonied; p. pr. & vb. n. Astonying. See Astone.]

Definition: To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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