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Definition of Astony
1. v. t. To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.
Definition of Astony
1. Verb. (archaic) To stun, paralyse, astound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Astony
1. to astonish [v -TONIED, -TONYING, -TONIES] - See also: astonish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astony
Literary usage of Astony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"It was probably added merely to give the word a fuller sound, and from some
dislike to the form astony, which was the form into which the ME ..."
2. Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by James Donald, William Chambers (1878)
"ofold E. astony, astonished. ... adj. very wonderful ; at—ad, at, torto, to
thunder ; old E. astony ; AS amazing. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Andrew Bruce Davidson, Samuel Rolles Driver (1901)
"ASTONIED, the past part, of the old verb astony, of which astonish is a later
corruption,* is found only in ОТ, but there ten times, Ezr 9s'*, Job 17" 18», ..."
4. A short explanation of obsolete words in our version of the Bible, and of by Henry Cotton (1832)
"ASTONIED, from the old verb " to astony," occurs in several passages ; signifying
... To astony" is used by Chaucer, Cheke, Sidney, and Spenser; and, ..."
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