M`ARVEL, n. L. mirabilis, wonderful, from miror demiror, mora, delay, and perhaps morior Eng. demur, &c.
1. A wonder that which arrests the attention and causes a person to stand or gaze, or to pause. This word is nearly obsolete, or at least little used in elegant writings.
2. Wonder admiration.
Marvel of Peru, a plant of the genus Mirabilis.
M`ARVEL, To wonder. It expresses less than astonish or amaze. Nearly obsolete.
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