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Webster 1913 Edition

Consternation

Conˊster-na′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
consternatio
, fr.
consternare
to overome, perplex, an accessory form of
consternere
to throw down, prostrate;
con
+
sternere
to spread out, throw down: cf. F.
consternation
. See
Stratum
.]
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Syn. – Alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment; surprise; panic; perturbation. See
Alarm
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Consternation

CONSTERNATION

,
Noun.
[L., to throw or strike down.] Astonishment; amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates a person for consultation and execution; excessive terror, wonder or surprise.

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