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Marvel   /mˈɑrvəl/   Listen
noun
Marvel  n.  
1.
That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. "I will do marvels such as have not been done." "Nature's sweet marvel undefiled."
2.
Wonder. (R.) "Use lessens marvel."


verb
Marvel  v. t.  
1.
To marvel at. (Obs.)
2.
To cause to marvel, or be surprised; used impersonally. (Obs.) "But much now me marveleth."


Marvel  v. i.  (past & past part. marveled or marvelled; pres. part. marveling or marvelling)  To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder. "Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you."





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"Marvel" Quotes from Famous Books



... of it to the reciprocating saw frame was a marvel to him, and when he saw the boards cut off his joy knew no bounds. The proceedings at the sawmill delighted the Professor. "I have always contended, as heretofore expressed, that the same motive which prompts us to do things with pleasure is to know that ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay
... is done, The people to the nave repair Round the tomb to stray; 35 And marvel at the Forms of stone, And praise the chisell'd broideries deg. rare— deg.37 Then they drop away. The princely Pair are left alone In the Church of ...
— Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems • Matthew Arnold
... Lord Crawford's Proclamations, at Haigh Hall, is a marvel of industry and accuracy. Mr. Locker Lampson's Rowfant Library was catalogued, and the catalogue printed and sold, because it had special value as a collection of Elizabethan poetry. Mr. Edmund Gosse's Library catalogue ...
— The Private Library - What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know - About Our Books • Arthur L. Humphreys
... Loo was less reticent. "Oh, you mean my dearest friend—a lovely picture, and you know her? Why, yes, surely. You are THE Mr. Demorest who—Of course, that old love-affair. Well, you are a marvel! Five years ago, at least, and you have not forgotten! I really ...
— The Three Partners • Bret Harte
... may be secure Him ever they propitiate first and last. Hail, Father! great marvel, ...
— Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology • James Freeman Clarke


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