[mahr-vuh
l] 
noun, verb, -veled, -vel⋅ing or (especially British) -velled, -vel⋅ling.| 1. | something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel. |
| 2. | Archaic. the feeling of wonder; astonishment. |
| 3. | to wonder at (usually fol. by a clause as object): I marvel that you were able to succeed against such odds. |
| 4. | to wonder or be curious about (usually fol. by a clause as object): A child marvels that the stars can be. |
| 5. | to be filled with wonder, admiration, or astonishment, as at something surprising or extraordinary: I marvel at your courage. |
| mar·vel (mär'vəl) n.
v. intr. To become filled with wonder or astonishment. v. tr. To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about: We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident. [Middle English marvail, from Old French merveille, from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, alteration of Latin mīrābilia, wonderful things, from neuter pl. of mīrābilis, wonderful, from mīrārī, to wonder, from mīrus, wonderful; see smei- in Indo-European roots.] |