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verb

Astone, Aston v. t. (past & past part. astoned, astond, or astound) To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. (Obs.)

Astound v. t. (past & past part. astounded, obs. astound; pres. part. astounding)

To stun; to stupefy. "No puissant stroke his senses once astound."

To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. "These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind."

adjective

Astound adj. Stunned; astounded; astonished. (Archaic) "Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around."

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Etymology of 'Astound'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Astound" Quotes from Famous Books

... That vague dream which had grown out of Lady Laura's womanly hints, that pleasant phantom which she had conjured up in Mr. Lovel's mental vision a month or two ago, in the midsummer afternoon, had made itself into a reality so quickly as to astound a man too Horatian in his philosophy to be easily surprised. The fish was such a big one to be caught so easily—without any exercise of those subtle manoeuvres and Machiavellian artifices in which the skilful angler delights—nay, ...

— The Lovels of Arden • M. E. Braddon

... Astound, breathless, thunder-struck, at this intolerable profaneness, I stood like an idiot, unable to speak or think. Hector took hold of my arm and dragged me along. I obeyed, for I was insensible, soul-less; and even when the return of thought came, it was all confusion. Was this Oxford? Were these ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

... brake under them, The knights were both astound: To avoid their horses they made haste To ...

— The Children's Garland from the Best Poets • Various

... orators both employ images, but with a very different object, as you are well aware. The poetical image is designed to astound; the oratorical image to give perspicuity. Both, however, seek to work on ...

— On the Sublime • Longinus

... the bills were paid and business was done, there was pleasure to follow, for there was a fitting-on at the dress-maker's, the fitting-on of a tea-gown, to be worn at winter-evening bridge-parties, which, unless Miss Mapp was sadly mistaken, would astound and agonize by its magnificence all who set eyes on it. She had found the description of it, as worn by Mrs. Titus W. Trout, in an American fashion paper; it was of what was described as kingfisher blue, and had lumps and wedges of lace round the edge of the skirt, ...

— Miss Mapp • Edward Frederic Benson

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