Word Meanings - STUN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
stenen to groan, G. stöhnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. stan to thunder, and 1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden. 2.
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stenen to groan, G. stöhnen, Icel. stynja, Gr. stan to thunder, and 1. To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head. One hung a poleax at his saddlebow, And one a heavy mace to stun the foe. Dryden. 2. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing. And stunned him with the music of the spheres. Pope. 3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. William was quite stunned at my discourse. De Foe.
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- ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - ENCOURAGER
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison. - APPALACHIAN
Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. Note: The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the heighboring Indians. Am. Cyc. - APPALL
1. To make pale; to blanch. The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt. 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only - RALLY
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. - ALLURE
To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor - ASSUREDLY
Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak. - ENCOURAGEMENT
1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, - ASTOUNDING
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv. - ALLUREMENT
1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. 2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. - ASSURED
Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess. - DISMAY
magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- 1. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. Be not afraid, - ASTOUNDMENT
Amazement. Coleridge. - ALLURER
One who, or that which, allures. - ASSUREDNESS
The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence. - ELECTRIFY
1. To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar. 2. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body. 3. To excite suddenly and - DISMAYEDNESS
A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness. - DISMAYFUL
Terrifying. Spenser. - APPALLING
Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv. - ASTOUND
Stunned; astounded; astonished. Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott. - SUTURALLY
In a sutural manner. - CENTRALLY
In a central manner or situation. - UNASSURED
1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods. - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - ORALLY
1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher. - LATERALLY
By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side. - LITERALLY
1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally. - CHORALLY
In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony. - SCRIPTURALLY
In a scriptural manner. - DEXTRALLY
(adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally. - UNAPPALLED
Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted. Milton. - NEUTRALLY
In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently. - OBSTUPEFY
See STUPEFY - PECTORALLY
As connected with the breast. - IMMORALLY
In an immoral manner; wickedly.