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| 4 results for Aghast | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Agast \A*gast"\ or Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t. See {Agast}, v. t. [Obs.] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Aghast \A*ghast"\, a & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + g[?]stan to terrify, torment: cf. Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast, cling. See {Gaze}, {Hesitate}.] Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. --Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. --Macaulay. | |
