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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."

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Etymology of 'Astound'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Astound" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Nic, you astound me!" cried the doctor. "You have, then, encouraged this man about the place during my absence, when I had placed confidence in you and left you in charge. Had you no respect ...

— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn

... revolver shots astound the guests of a hotel in the vicinity of the Gare Saint-Lazare,—one of those ambiguous establishments that offers a safe shelter for amorous acquaintances begun on ...

— Luna Benamor • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... 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 ...

— Miss Mapp • Edward Frederic Benson

... merry a note Answered him, that all the woode rung, So suddenly, that, *as it were a sote,* *like a fool * I stood astound'; so was I with the song Thorough ravished, that, *till late and long,* *for a long time* I wist not in what place I was, nor where; Again, me thought, she ...

— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer

Words linked to "Astound" : astonish, surprise, amaze, dazzle