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atstunt

atstunt verb: to bring to an end; put a stop to.

Verb

atstunt (third-person singular simple present atstunts, present participle atstunting, simple past and past participle atstunted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bring to an end; put a stop to.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To stop; stay; remain.

Forms of atstunt

third-person singular presentatstunts
present participleatstunting
past participleatstunted
pastatstunted

Origin of atstunt

From Middle English atstunten, etstunten, ætstunten, from Old English ætstyntan (“to blunt, dull, weaken”), equivalent to at- + stunt. See astint.

Questions about atstunt

What does atstunt mean?
Atstunt means to bring to an end; put a stop to.
What part of speech is atstunt?
Atstunt is a verb.
What is the past tense of atstunt?
The past tense of atstunt is atstunted.

Words near atstunt in the dictionary

  1. atsprings
  2. atstand
  3. atstanding
  4. atstands
  5. atstood
  6. atstunt
  7. atstunted
  8. atstunting
  9. atstunts
  10. atstut
  11. atstuts

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