marvel. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

marvel

SYLLABICATION:	mar·vel
PRONUNCIATION:	märvl
NOUN:	1. One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder. See synonyms at wonder. 2. Strong surprise; astonishment.
VERB:	Inflected forms: mar·veled also mar·velled, mar·vel·ing, mar·vel·ling, mar·vels, mar·vels
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To become filled with wonder or astonishment.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about: We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English marvail, from Old French merveille, from Vulgar Latin ^*miribilia, alteration of Latin mrbilia, wonderful things, from neuter pl. of mrbilis, wonderful, from mrr, to wonder, from mrus, wonderful. See smei- in Appendix I.


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