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English Dictionary: wonder by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wonder
n
  1. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
    Synonym(s): wonder, wonderment, admiration
  2. something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science"
    Synonym(s): wonder, marvel
  3. a state in which you want to learn more about something
    Synonym(s): curiosity, wonder
v
  1. have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
    Synonym(s): wonder, inquire, enquire
  2. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
    Synonym(s): wonder, question
  3. be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"
    Synonym(s): wonder, marvel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wonder \Won"der\, 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.]
      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.
  
                     They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
                     which had happened unto him.               --Acts iii.
                                                                              10.
  
                     Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
                                                                              --Johnson.
  
      Note: 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.
  
      2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
            thing; a prodigy; a miracle. [bd] Babylon, the wonder of
            all tongues.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
                     wonders.                                             --Bacon.
  
                     I am as a wonder unto many.               --Ps. lxxi. 7.
  
      {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted
            Names in Fiction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wondered}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Wondering}.] [AS. wundrian.]
      1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
            with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
  
                     I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
                     of these diminutive mortals.               --Swift.
  
                     We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
  
      2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
            expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
            they came.
  
                     I wonder, in my soul, What you would ask me, that I
                     should deny.                                       --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wonder \Won"der\, a.
      Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower.
  
               After that he said a wonder thing.         --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wonder \Won"der\, adv.
      Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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