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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stun  \Stun\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stunned};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Stunning}.]  [OE.  stonien,  stownien  either  fr  AS  stunian 
  to  resound  (cf.  D.  stenen  to  groan,  G.  st["o]hnen,  Icel. 
  stynja  Gr  ?,  Skr.  stan  to  thunder,  and  E.  thunder),  or  from 
  the  same  source  as  E.  astonish.  [root]168.] 
  1.  To  make  senseless  or  dizzy  by  violence;  to  render 
  senseless  by  a  blow,  as  on  the  head. 
 
  One  hung  a  poleax  at  his  saddlebow,  And  one  a  heavy 
  mace  to  stun  the  foe.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  dull  or  deaden  the  sensibility  of  to  overcome; 
  especially,  to  overpower  one's  sense  of  hearing. 
 
  And  stunned  him  with  the  music  of  the  spheres. 
  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  astonish;  to  overpower;  to  bewilder. 
 
  William  was  quite  stunned  at  my  discourse.  --De  Foe. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stun  \Stun\,  n. 
  The  condition  of  being  stunned. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stun 
  v  1:  make  senseless  or  dizzy  by  or  as  if  by  a  blow;  "stun  fish" 
  [syn:  {stupefy},  {stupify}] 
  2:  surprise  greatly;  knock  someone's  socks  off  [syn:  {shock},  {floor}, 
  {ball  over},  {blow  out  of  the  water},  {take  aback}] 
  3:  hit  something  or  somebody  as  if  with  a  sandbag  [syn:  {sandbag}] 
  4:  overcome  esp.  with  astonishment  or  disbelief;  "The  news 
  stunned  her"  [syn:  {bedaze},  {daze}]




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