p. p. Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Enough, captain; you have astonished him. [ Fluellen had struck Pistol ]. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The very cramp-fish [
Musidorus . . . had his wits astonished with sorrow. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
I, Daniel . . . was astonished at the vision. Dan. viii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an astonished manner. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment;
n. [ Cf. OF. estonnement, F. étonnement. ]
A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lest the place
And my quaint habits breed astonishment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou shalt become an astonishment. Deut. xxviii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]