| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: astonying, astonied, astonies, astonier, astoniers, astonyingly and astoniedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ASTONY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
| Note: Astony \As*ton"y\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Astonied; present participle verb or noun Astonying. See Astone.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ASTONY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To terrify or astonish. Obs.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (archaic) To stun, paralyse, astound. 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 10: Verily the violence of a griefe, being extreme, must needs astonie the mind, and hinder the liberty of her actions. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
