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wondered

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wonder  \Won"der\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wondered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Wondering}.]  [AS.  wundrian.] 
  1.  To  be  affected  with  surprise  or  admiration;  to  be  struck 
  with  astonishment;  to  be  amazed;  to  marvel. 
 
  I  could  not  sufficiently  wonder  at  the  intrepidity 
  of  these  diminutive  mortals.  --Swift. 
 
  We  cease  to  wonder  at  what  we  understand.  --Johnson. 
 
  2.  To  feel  doubt  and  curiosity;  to  wait  with  uncertain 
  expectation;  to  query  in  the  mind;  as  he  wondered  why 
  they  came 
 
  I  wonder,  in  my  soul,  What  you  would  ask  me  that  I 
  should  deny.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wondered  \Won"dered\,  a. 
  Having  performed  wonders;  able  to  perform  wonderful  things 
  [Obs.]  --Shak.




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