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i. [ME. wonden, wanden, AS. wan dian, fear, reverence, neglect, I wille noghte wonde for no werre, to wende whare me likes. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3495. Ac me wondreth in my witt whi that the i ne preche As Paul the apostel prechede to the peuple ofte. Piers Plowman (C), xvi. 74. I wonder to see the contrarieties among the Papists. Coryat, Crudities, I. 41. Who can but wonder at the fautors of these wonders? Sandys, Travailes, p. 160. Here more then two hundred of those grim Courtiers stood wondering at him, as he had beene a monster; till Powhatan and his trayne had put themselues in their greatest braveries. Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 162. We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson. 2. To look with or feel admiration. Nor did I wonder at the lily's white. Shak ., Sonnets, xcviii. 3. To entertain some doubt or curiosity in reference to some matter; speculate speculate expectantly; be in a state of expectation mingled with doubt and slight anxiety or wistfulne : as, I wonder whether we shall reach the place in time: Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder'd father, and a wife, Makes this place Paradise. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 123.