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marvel
/ˈmɑɹvəl/
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What does marvel mean?
noun
- That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a portent.
verb
- To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
proper noun
- A surname.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Marvel Comics.
- Ellipsis of Marvel Studios.
- Clipping of Marvelverse
noun
- (archaic) Wonder, astonishment.
verb
- (obsolete) To wonder at.
- (obsolete) To cause to wonder or be surprised.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑɹvəl/
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No marvel then though some men, and some good men too perhaps, but young in goodness, as Joshua then was, envy them.
And, natheles, I told them of as great a marvel to them, that is amongst us, and that was of the Bernakes.
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After writing last, we drove out, on Sunday afternoon, to a deep alpine valley, to see a new bridge—a great marvel apparently.
The silk bag, the nest, in which the Banded Epeira houses her eggs, is a much greater marvel than the bird's nest.
I marvel at my good fortune that she, so infinitely my superior in every single moral quality, consented to be my wife.