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[ verb ] affect with wonder
Examples "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" Used in print (The New York Times...)But , even if Mr._Sansom labors too hard to extract more refinements of meaning and feeling from his travel experiences than the limits of language allow , he still can charm and astound . (Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)Today 's evidence , such_as the fact that only three Southern states ( South_Carolina , Alabama and Mississippi ) still openly defy integration , would have astounded many_of yesterday 's Southerners into speechlessness . Related terms |
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