dumbfound

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M�rou, however, dumfounds the experts with his speed and disconcerts them by learning the simian language, something that no human has ever done before.

From Time Magazine Archive

The men fighting under the standard of Ignatius have a tenacity, a mysterious irrepressibleness about them which dumfounds the orthodox and staggers the processes of ordinary calculators.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

But why he should be dying, and why this fifty-cent doctor should know that much, puzzles and dumfounds the father.

From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John

The one point of variance is this: while all guides admire young Garst as a crack shot with a rifle, he frequently dumfounds them by letting slip stunning chances at game, big and little.

From Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods by Hornibrook, Isabel

I say, that life dumfounds, with its wondrous muddle and farrago, makes one stand aghast.

From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert