[f. as prec. + -ING1.] † a. Deprivation of sensation; paralysis, benumbment. Obs. b. Dismaying. arch. c. Surprised wonder.
1530. Palsgr., 195/2. Astonysshing, estonnissement.
1563. Hyll, Arte Garden. (1593), 95. The cramp, the Apoplexie, the astonishing and the trembling of the members.
1597. Daniel, Civ. Wares, II. lviii. He kneeles him downe with some astonishing.
1608. Hieron, Wks., I. 712/1. To the astonishing and amazement of the mightie.
1820. Mair, Tyro’s Dict. (ed. 10), 6. Exanimatio, an astonishing, a disheartening.
