Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-GHAST'
AG-GROUP'ED, or AG-GROOP'EDAG'ILE
A-GHAST', a. [or adv. or more correctly AGAST. Perhaps the participle of agaze; otherwise from the root of ghastly and ghost.]
Struck with amazement; stupefied with sudden fright or horror.
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