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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afíno emvróntito",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "αφήνω εμβρόντητο"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sastízo",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "σαστίζω"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "astonegar"
},
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"alt": "おどろかす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "odorokasu",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "驚かす"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "whakaohomauri"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "surpreender"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "uimi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "ului"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poražátʹ",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"tags": [
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"word": "поража́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "porazítʹ",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"tags": [
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"word": "порази́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izumljátʹ",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изумля́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izumítʹ",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "изуми́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "udivljátʹ",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удивля́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udivítʹ",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "удиви́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "asombrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "pasmar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "förvåna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "förbluffa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vražaty",
"sense": "to astonish, bewilder or dazzle",
"word": "вражати"
}
],
"word": "astound"
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 129:",
"text": "[…] his hollow eyne\nLookt deadly dull, and stared as astound;",
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"ref": "1760, George Alexander Stevens, chapter 2, in The History of Tom Fool, volume 2, London: T. Waller, page 9:",
"text": "For some Moments the Esquire stood astound, he rubb’d his Eyes, look’d on his Sister, stared at the Maid:",
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"ref": "1810, Walter Scott, “Canto II. The Island.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXXI, page 36:",
"text": "Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound,\nAs sudden ruin yawned around,\nBy crossing terrors wildly tossed,\nStill for the Douglas fearing most,\nCould scarce the desperate thought withstand,\nTo buy his safety with her hand.",
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