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astonies

astonies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of astony.

Meaning of astony

Verb

astony (third-person singular simple present astonies, present participle astonying, simple past and past participle astonied)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To astound; to paralyse, to stun.
    • thenne Brastias sawe his felawe ferd so with al / he smote the duke with a spere that hors & man fell doune / that sawe kyng Claryaunce and retorned vnto Brastias / and eyther smote other soo that hors & man wente to the erthe / and so they lay long astonyed / & their hors knees brast to the hard...[1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I

Questions about astonies

What is astonies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Astonies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of astony.

Words near astonies in the dictionary

  1. astoned
  2. astones
  3. astonie
  4. astonied
  5. astoniedness
  6. astonies
  7. astoning
  8. astonish
  9. astonishable
  10. astonished
  11. astonishedly

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