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daunted, ppl. a.|ˈdɔːntɪd|
Also 4–6 Sc. dantit, -yt.
[f. daunt v. + -ed1.]
†1. Tamed, subdued, brought under control; trained (quot. 1530). Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Jacobus 350 Þe oxine [ȝokkit] to þe wane mekly As þai had bene wel-dantyt ky. 1487Sc. Acts Jas. III, c. 18 Davntit hors depute to werk & nocht to þe sadill. 1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 277 Maisteris of Museik, to recreat thy spreit With dantit voce and plesande Instrument. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus Prol. 229 Be dantit refrenatioun, A man may..alter his Inclinatioun.
2. Dispirited; overcome with fear.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 176/2 The forepart of his dawnted host. 1771E. Griffith tr. Viaud's Shipwreck 143 The daunted look with which he eyed us. 1867J. Ingelow Poems, Story Doom vii. 46 The daunted mighty ones kept silent watch.
Hence ˈdauntedness.
1660G. Fox Salut. to Chas. II, 6 God struck thy Fathers Party with dauntedness of spirit. |