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obstupefacere

obstupefacere [CL] 1 to strike dumb (as result of fear or wonder). ~io, A. to make a ferd, or a gast WW. 2 (p. ppl.) struck dumb, shocked: a (as a result of fear); b (as a result of wonder). a expavescens et ad rei novitatem ~tus V. Gund. 45; ille ~tus timuit nimis Descr. Constant. 248; frater ‥ plurima circa se igne succensa pertimuit ‥ et vehementius iccirco ~tus apparuit R. Cold. Cuthb. 37.  b ~to ‥ sibi, ‥ intellegens eum angelum Dei esse V. Cuthb. II 2; cum ‥ ~tus luminum in eo figeret intuitum V. Neot. A 13; post terga relictam / Parisium cernens, obstupefactus ait / ‥ Nig. SS 1918.

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