Astonying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astony \As*ton"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astonied}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Astonying}. See {Astone}.]
     To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]
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           The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon


           the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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           This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
           That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. --Chaucer.
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