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Webster 1913 Edition

Astonishment

As-ton′ish-ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
estonnement
, F.
étonnement
.]
1.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
[Obs.]
A coldness and
astonishment
in his loins, as folk say.
Holland.
2.
Dismay; consternation.
[Archaic]
Spenser.
3.
The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.
Lest the place
And my quaint habits breed
astonishment
.
Milton.
4.
The object causing such an emotion.
Thou shalt become an
astonishment
.
Deut. xxviii. 37.
Syn. – Amazement; wonder; surprise.

Webster 1828 Edition

Astonishment

ASTON'ISHMENT

,
Noun.
Amazement; confusion of mind from fear, surprise or admiration, at an extraordinary or unexpected event.

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