Astonish: v.tr. (word coming from the popular Latin °extonare, classic attonare “to strike thunder”.
The verb “to amaze” has several meanings:
I) Aged meaning: To shake, to make tremble by a violent commotion.
Technique: Surprising a vault (cracking).
Surprise a diamond, crack it.
II)
1. Old meaning: To cause a violent moral shock to (someone), out of admiration or fear (upset, thunderbolt).
frighten: frighten.
– Quote from the French playwright and poet...
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