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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Agast \A*gast"\ or Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aghast \A*ghast"\, a & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr AS pref. [=a]- (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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t. See {Agast}, v. t. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aghast adj : struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: {aghast(p)}, {appalled}, {dismayed}, {shocked}]
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