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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder. See Synonyms at wonder.
  2. n. Strong surprise; astonishment.
  3. v. To become filled with wonder or astonishment.
  4. v. To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about: We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. That which causes wonder; an astonishing thing; a wonder; a prodigy.
  2. n. Admiration; astonishment; wonder.
  3. To wonder at; be struck with surprise at; be perplexed with curiosity about: with a clause for object.
  4. To be filled with admiration, astonishment, or amazement; wonder.
  5. To appear wonderful; seem or be a wonder.
  6. Wonderful; marvelous.

Wiktionary

  1. n. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
  2. n. Surprise, astonishment.
  3. v. To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
  2. n. Wonder.
  3. v. To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
  4. v. To marvel at.
  5. v. To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. be amazed at
  2. v. express astonishment or surprise about something
  3. n. something that causes feelings of wonder

Etymologies

  1. Middle English marvail, from Old French merveille, from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, alteration of Latin mīrābilia, wonderful things, from neuter pl. of mīrābilis, wonderful, from mīrārī, to wonder, from mīrus, wonderful; see smei- in Indo-European roots.

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