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Stun
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
The condition of being stunned.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.