† esmarvelv.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. To astonish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)]
marvela1425
esmarvel1477
amaze?1533
wondera1561
bewondera1586
to hold at gaze1594
admire1598
wonder-maze1603
astonish1611
thunderstrike1613
surprise1655
to astonish the natives1801
emmarvel1834
zap1967
mind-blow1970
gobsmack1987
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 132 Iason was moch esmeruailled thenne whan he vnderstod the hyghe mysteres that hym behoued to make.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 189 Thus al esmarveyled we dyd then awake.
b. To wonder at, admire.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment at [verb (transitive)]
amarvelc1330
marvela1382
marvela1393
admirea1500
esmarvel1502
muse1530
wonder1535
muse1567
bewonder1610
strange1641
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxix. sig. ll.i v Contemple, and esmeruayll the grete and incomprenable dyfference.
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