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Webster 1913 Edition


Marvel

Mar′vel

,
Noun.
[OE.
mervaile
, F.
merveille
, fr. L.
mirabilia
wonderful things, pl., fr.
mirabilis
wonderful, fr.
mirari
to wonder or marvel at. See
Admire
,
Smile
, and cf.
Miracle
.]
1.
That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
I will do
marvels
such as have not been done.
Ex. xxxiv. 10.
Nature’s sweet
marvel
undefiled.
Emerson.
2.
Wonder.
[R.]
“Use lessens marvel.”
Sir W. Scott.

Mar′vel

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Marveled
or
Marvelled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Marveling
or
Marvelling
.]
[OE.
merveilen
, OF.
merveillier
.]
To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
Marvel
not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 john iii. 13.

Mar′vel

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To marvel at.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
2.
To cause to marvel, or be surprised; – used impersonally.
[Obs.]
But much now me
marveleth
.
Rich. the Redeless.

Webster 1828 Edition


Marvel

M`ARVEL

,
Noun.
[L. mirabilis, wonderful, from miror; demiror, mora, delay, and perhaps morior; Eng. demur, &c.]
1.
A wonder; that which arrests the attention and causes a person to stand or gaze, or to pause. [This word is nearly obsolete, or at least little used in elegant writings.]
2.
Wonder; admiration.
Marvel of Peru, a plant of the genus Mirabilis.

M`ARVEL

,
Verb.
I.
To wonder. It expresses less than astonish or amaze. [Nearly obsolete.]

Definition 2024


marvel

marvel

English

Noun

marvel (plural marvels)

  1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
    • Bible, Exodus xxxiv. 10
      I will do marvels such as have not been done.
  2. Wonder, astonishment.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Use lessens marvel.

Translations

Verb

marvel (third-person singular simple present marvels, present participle (UK) marvelling or (US) marveling, simple past and past participle (UK) marvelled or (US) marveled)

  1. (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
    • Bible, 1 John iii. 13
      Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To marvel at.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
    • Richard the Redeless
      But much now me marvelleth.

Translations