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WondersWonders Won"ders, adv.
See Wondrous. [Obs.]
They be wonders glad thereof. --Sir T. More. WonderWonder 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. WonderWonder 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. `` Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues.' --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. Wonder
Wonder Won"der, a.
Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower.
After that he said a wonder thing. --Chaucer.
Wonder
Wonder Won"der, adv.
Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Meaning of Wonders from wikipedia
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Wonders may
refer to:
Wonders of the World,
spectacular man-made
constructions and
natural things...
- The New 7
Wonders of the
World was a
campaign started in 2001 to
choose Wonders of the
World from a
selection of 200
existing monuments. The po****rity...
- The
Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World, also
known as the
Seven Wonders of the
World or
simply the
Seven Wonders, is a list of
seven notable structures...
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Various lists of the
Wonders of the
World have been
compiled from
antiquity to the
present day, in
order to
catalogue the world's most
spectacular natural...
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primarily for one hit song in the
United States, who are
regarded as one-hit
wonders by at
least two
sources in
media even
though the
artist may have had multiple...
- The
Wonders may
refer to: The
Wonders (2013 film), 2013
Israel film The
Wonders (film), 2014
Italian film The
Wonders,
fictional band in That
Thing You...
- "one-hit
wonders" if one
particular hit has
become much more well-remembered
years or
decades later than
their other hits. One-hit
wonders usually see...
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Seven Natural Wonders is an
organization that was
created with the
mission of
protecting and
promoting the
natural wonders of the world. The
project was...
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Watches and
Wonders (formerly
Salon International de la
Haute Horlogerie, SIHH) is a
trade show of the
international watch and
jewelry industry organized...
- New 7
Wonders of
Nature (2007–2011) was an
initiative started in 2007 to
create a list of
seven natural wonders chosen by
people through a
global poll...
