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Definition of Dumfound
1. v. t. To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.
Definition of Dumfound
1. Verb. To confuse and bewilder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumfound
1. to astonish [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: astonish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumfound
Literary usage of Dumfound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"one of those posing questions with which wiseacres delight to dumfound and puzzle
noisy little boys, like " How many stars will fill ..."
2. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1874)
"... for, if Harold had won the battle of 'stings, we might now have been speaking
some one of those Teutonic dialects *ich would dumfound a German or a Jew, ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"Interdiction, /. prohibition, interdiction. interdire, vt forbid, prohibit,
interdict; suspend; dumfound. Intéressant, pa interesting. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... proofs with which I could dumfound you.» «Ah! ah! I should like to see them.»
« It is not difficult; just wait a minute.» While the monk passes into the ..."
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