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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.]

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