From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Astound \As*tound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astounded}, [Obs.]
{Astound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Astounding}.] [See {Astound}, a.]
1. To stun; to stupefy.
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No puissant stroke his senses once astound.
--Fairfax.
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2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with
wonder, surprise, or fear.
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These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
The virtuous mind. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
astounded \astounded\ adj.
1. struck with an intense and usually sudden surprise
sufficient to produce wonder or perplexity
Syn: amazed, astonied, astonished, dumbfounded,
flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
astounded
adj 1: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise
or shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a
standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the
vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded
viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City
bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists
found not one but at least three viruses" [syn: {amazed},
{astonied}, {astonished}, {astounded}, {stunned}]
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