Definition of "astonied" []

• Archaic Bewildered; dazed. (adjective)

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• "'If a man slayeth himself, he shall not be chanted over, nor shall a mass be said for him, unless he were greatly astonied, that is, to wit, out of his mind' ..."
• "Bartolo; he is literally "astonied," and Figaro makes him the victim of several laughable pranks before he recovers his wits."
• "The stony or "astonied" appearance of these figures is a resonant emblematic image of the fact that they are not life but art."