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Astound

//əˈstaʊnd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Stunned; astounded; astonished. obsolete

    "[…] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;"

Verb
  1. 1
    To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

    "1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […]"

  2. 2
    affect with wonder wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

Etymology 2

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

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