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bewonder en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + wonder. Compare Dutch bewonderen (“to admire”), German bewundern (“to admire”), Swedish beundra (“to admire”).

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To wonder about; wonder over; wonder at; regard wonderingly; admire.
2. (archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.
   • The other seeing his astonishment, / How he bewonder'd was, and how he far'd […] 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xvii

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forwonder