astound

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈstaʊnd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈstæɔnd/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈstæʊnd/ Rhymes: -aʊnd === Verb === astound (third-person singular simple present astounds, present participle astounding, simple past and past participle astounded) To astonish, bewilder or dazzle. 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8,[1] These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […] 1982, Paul Auster, “On the High Wire” in The Art of Hunger, Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992, p. 240,[4] A young man had strung a wire between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral and walked and juggled and danced on it for three hours, astounding the crowds of people below. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === astound (comparative more astound, superlative most astound) (obsolete) Stunned; astounded; astonished. === Further reading === “astound”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “astound”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “astound”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.