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Definition: DUMFOUNDER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Seldom used, signifies an entity that dumfounds, based on the verb dumfound.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb 1. To dumfound; to confound.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dumfoundering, dumfoundered, dumfounders, dumfounderer, dumfounderers, dumfounderingly and dumfounderedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(dumfound)
1. To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dumfounding, dumfounded, dumfounds, dumfounder, dumfounders, dumfoundingly and dumfoundedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Dumfounder" is a common misspelling or typo for: dumfounded, dumbfounder, dumfounders.

Date "Dumfounder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DUMFOUNDER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Seldom used, signifies an entity that dumfounds, based on the verb dumfound.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb1. To dumfound; to confound.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dumfoundering, dumfoundered, dumfounders, dumfounderer, dumfounderers, dumfounderingly and dumfounderedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(dumfound)
1. To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dumfounding, dumfounded, dumfounds, dumfounder, dumfounders, dumfoundingly and dumfoundedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"DUMFOUNDER" is a common misspelling or typo for: dumfounded, dumbfounder, dumfounders.

Date "DUMFOUNDER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: dumfound

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] To strike dumb; to confuse.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] To confuse and bewilder. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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