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astound

Today it means: To astonish, bewilder or dazzle. Full definition →

Middle English astouned

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Middle English · inherited fromastouned
English todayastound

From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.