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English Dictionary: stun by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stun
v
  1. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
    Synonym(s): stun, stupefy
  2. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
    Synonym(s): sandbag, stun
  3. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"
    Synonym(s): stun, bedaze, daze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stun \Stun\, n.
      The condition of being stunned.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stun \Stun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Stunning}.] [OE. stonien, stownien; either fr. AS. stunian
      to resound (cf. D. stenen to groan, G. st[94]hnen, Icel.
      stynja, Gr. [?], Skr. stan to thunder, and E. thunder), or
      from the same source as E. astonish. [fb]168.]
      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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