| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb astony.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (astony) | 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] | |
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Date "ASTONYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (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) | ||
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