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   Wonder (?), 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.  to gaze at.]
   
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   1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
   
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   They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. Acts iii. 10.
   
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   Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. Johnson.
   
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   ☞ 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.
   
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   2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.  “ Babylon, the wonder of all tongues.”  Milton.
   
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   To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. Bacon.
   
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   I am as a wonder unto many. Ps. lxxi. 7.
   
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   Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
   
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   Wonder, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
   
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   1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
   
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   I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift.
   
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   We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson.
   
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   2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, “he wondered why they came”.
   
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   I wonder, in my soul,
   
   What you would ask me, that I should deny. Shak.
   
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   Wonder, a. Wonderful.  [Obs.]  Gower.
   
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   After that he said a wonder thing. Chaucer.
   
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   Wonder, adv. Wonderfully.  [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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