M'ARVEL, noun [Latin mirabilis, wonderful, from miror; demiror, mora, delay, and perhaps morior; Eng. demur, etc.] 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, verb intransitive To wonder. It expresses less than astonish or amaze. [Nearly obsolete.]
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