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for astonied
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Astonied \As*ton"ied\, p. p.
Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic]
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And I astonied fell and could not pray. --Mrs.
Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Astony \As*ton"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Astonying. See Astone.]
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]
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The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon
the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
astonied
adj 1: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise
or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a
standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the
vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded
viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City
bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists
found not one but at least three viruses" [syn: amazed,
astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned]
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