n. [ OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. &unr_; to gaze at. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. Acts iii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem, or approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am as a wonder unto many. Ps. lxxi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seven wonders of the world.
v. i.
I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wonderful. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
After that he said a wonder thing. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Wonderfully. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who wonders. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adv. In a wondering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. wundorlice. ] Wonderfully; wondrously. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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