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Webster 1913 Edition

Marvelous

Mar′vel-ous

,
Adj.
[OE.
merveillous
, OF.
merveillos
, F.
Merveilleux
. See
Marvel
,
Noun.
]
[Written also
marvellous
.]
1.
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
This is the Lord’s doing; it is
marvelous
in our eyes.
Ps. cxiii. 23.
The
marvelous
fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods.
Pope.
The marvelous
,
that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; – opposed to
the probable
.
Syn. – Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible.
–
Marvelous
,
Wonderful
. We speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.

Webster 1828 Edition

Marvelous

M`ARVELOUS

, a.
1.
Wonderful; strange; exciting wonder or some degree of surprise.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps.118.
2.
Surpassing credit; incredible.
3.
The marvelous, in writings, is that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; opposed to probable.
4.
Formerly used adverbially for wonderfully, exceedingly.

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