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astonying

astonying is the present participle and gerund 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 astonying

What is astonying the present participle and gerund of?
Astonying is the present participle and gerund of astony.

Words near astonying in the dictionary

  1. astonishment
  2. astonishments
  3. astonisht
  4. Astons
  5. astony
  6. astonying
  7. astood
  8. astoop
  9. Astor
  10. astore
  11. Astorga

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