Part 6858

<h1>Marvel</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"vel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To marvel at.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>But much now me <b>marveleth</b>. <i>Rich. the Redeless.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Marvelous</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"vel*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>merveillous</ets>, OF. <ets>merveillos</ets>, F. <ets>Merveilleux</ets>. See <er>Marvel</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def</def>><altsp>[Written also <asp>marvellous</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.</def>

<blockquote>This is the Lord's doing; it is <b>marvelous</b> in our eyes. <i>Ps. cxiii. 23.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Partaking of the character of miracle, or superna<?/ural power; incredible.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>marvelous</b> fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The marvelous</col>, <cd>that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to <i>the probable<i>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Marvelous</er>, <er>Wonderful</er>. We speak of a thing as <i>wonderful</i> when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as <i>marvelous</i> when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.</usage>

<h1>Marvelously</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"vel*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.</def>

<h1>Marvelousness</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"vel*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.</def>

<h1>Marver</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupt. fr. OE. or F. <ets>marbre</ets> marble.]</ety> <fld>(Glass Marking)</fld> <def>A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.</def>

<-- Marxism. n. A system of economic and political thought, originated by Karl Marx, and elaborated by others. It holds that the state has been the a device for suppression of the masses, allowing exploitation by a dominant (capitalistic) class; that historical change occurs through class struggle; and that the capitalist system will inevitably wither away to be superseded by a classless society.

Marxism-Leninism. Marxism, as interpreted by V.I. Lenin

Marxist. n. 1. One who believes in the theories of Karl Marx. 2. adj. of or pertaining to Marx or Marxism. -->

<h1>Mary</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Marrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Mary</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Ma"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>See <er>Marry</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>