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Found 6 hits - Term: wonder, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wonder \won"der\, v. i. imp.  p. p. wondered; p. pr.  vb.
   n. wondering. as. wundrian.
   1913 webster
   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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see also:
wondered wondering 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   1913 webster
   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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   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.
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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.
      1913 webster
see also:
seven wonders of the world 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wonder \won"der\, a.
   wonderful. obs. --gower.
   1913 webster

         after that he said a wonder thing.       --chaucer.
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[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wonder \won"der\, adv.
   wonderfully. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wonder
     n 1: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
          syn: wonderment, admiration
     2: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of
        modern science" syn: marvel
     3: a state in which you want to learn more about something
        syn: curiosity
     v 1: have a wish or desire to know something; "he wondered who
          had built this beautiful church" syn: 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" syn: question
     3: be amazed at; "we marvelled at the child's linguistic
        abilities" syn: marvel
see also:
wonderment admiration marvel curiosity inquire enquire 
question 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
90 moby thesaurus words for "wonder":
   admiration, agonize over, amaze, amazement, assailability,
   astonishing thing, astonishment, awe, be amazed, be astonished,
   be at sea, be innocent of, be uncertain, beat about, bewilderment,
   concern, coquet with, curiosity, cynosure, dabble, doubt, dubiety,
   enchantment, exception, fantasy, fear, feel unsure, ferlie,
   first-rater, flounder, gape, gawk, gaze, gazingstock, genius,
   give up, grope, have no idea, incertitude, know a little, know not,
   know not what, know nothing of, leading light, luminary, marvel,
   marveling, marvelment, miracle, mistrust, nonesuch, not know,
   not rightly know, pass, perplexity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy,
   puzzle over, puzzlement, question, quite a thing, rarity,
   reverence, scratch the surface, sensation, shock, sight, sign,
   skepticism, smatter, something else, spectacle, stand aghast, star,
   stare, stare openmouthed, stunner, superstar, suspicion,
   thrash about, topnotcher, toy with, virtuoso, vulnerability,
   wonder whether, wonderful thing, wonderment, wonderwork,
   wot not of





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