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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Marvel

Mär'vel, n.

noun

n. [O. Eng. merveille, Fr. merveille, O. Fr. merville, merveille, Pr. meravilha, meravelha, Sp. maravilla, Pg. maravilha, It. meraviglia, maraviglia, O. It. mirabilia, from Lat. mirabilia, wonderful things, pl., from mirabilis, wonderful, from mirari, to wonder or marvel at.]

Sense 1. That which arrests the attention, and causes admiration or surprise; a wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

Till I may deliver Upon the witness of these gentlemen This marvel to you. Shak.

Use lessons marvel, it is said. W. Scott.

Sense 2. Wonder; admiration.

Marvel of Peru (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mirabilis (M. dichotoma), having handsome, fragrant flowers.

Synonyms—Wonder; admiration; astonishment; miracle

Măr'vel, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. MARVELED, OR MARVELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. MARVELING, OR MARVELLING.] To be struck with surprise, astonishment or admiration; to wonder.