Definition for CON-STER-NA'TION

CON-STER-NA'TION, n. [L. consternatio, from consterno; con and sterno, to throw or strike down.]

Astonishment; amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates a person for consultation and execution; excessive terror, wonder or surprise. – South.

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