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con⋅ster⋅nate

[kon-ster-neyt]
–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to dismay, confuse, or terrify.

Origin:
1645–55; < L consternātus, ptp. of consternāre to unsettle, throw into confusion, perh. intensive deriv. of consternere to cover, spread (with) (con- con- + sternere to strew; cf. stratum ), though sense development uncert.
con·ster·nate   (kŏn'stər-nāt')   
tr.v.   con·ster·nat·ed, con·ster·nat·ing, con·ster·nates
To cause consternation in.

[Latin cōnsternāre, cōnsternāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sternere, to throw down; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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