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as·tound

[uh-stound]
verb (used with object)
1.
to overwhelm with amazement; astonish greatly; shock with wonder or surprise.
adjective
2.
Archaic. astonished; astounded.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English astoun(e)d, past participle of astonen, variant of astonyen to astonish

as·tound·ment, noun


1. See surprise.

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  • The point is that style trends, not unlike political ones, still have the power to astound.
  • Great and fancy libraries astound us, but it's the personal library where a scholar's serious work begins.
  • Pics of the the worlds beyond ours never cease to amaze and astound me.
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astound (əˈstaʊnd)
 
vb
(tr) to overwhelm with amazement and wonder; bewilder
 
[C17: from astoned amazed, from Old French estoné, from estoner to astonish]

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astound
c.1600, from M.E. astouned, astoned (c.1300), pp. of astonien "to stun" (see astonish), with more of the original sense of V.L. *extonare.
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