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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASTOUND', v.t. To astonish; to strike dumb with amazement.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English astoned, from past participle of astonen Date: 14th century archaic overwhelmed with astonishment or amazement ; astounded II. transitive verb Date: 1603 to fill with bewilderment or wonder Synonyms: see surprise

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. shock with alarm or surprise; amaze. Derivatives: astounding adj. astoundingly adv. Etymology: obs. astound (adj.) = astoned past part. of obs. astone: see ASTONISH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aston As*ton", Astone As*tone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astoned, Astond, or Astound.] [See Astonish.] To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Astound As*tound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astounded, [Obs.] Astound; p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding.] [See Astound, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. No puissant stroke his senses once astound. --Fairfax. 2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Astound As*tound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astounded, [Obs.] Astound; p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding.] [See Astound, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy. No puissant stroke his senses once astound. --Fairfax. 2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Astound As*tound", a. [OE. astouned, astound, astoned, p. p. of astone. See Astone.] Stunned; astounded; astonished. [Archaic] --Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(astounds, astounding, astounded) If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it. He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance. = astonish VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. See astonish.

Moby Thesaurus

abash, amaze, appall, astonish, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, confound, daze, dazzle, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, dumbfound, dumbfounder, flabbergast, floor, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, put out, shock, stagger, startle, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback