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forwonder en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English forwonderen. By surface analysis, for- + wonder. Compare Dutch verwonderen, German verwundern (“to astonish, amaze, bewilder, astound”).

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To astonish; fill with wonder or amazement.
   • The wise of the weathers forwondered they were. 1988, Helen Phillips, University of Lancaster. Dept. of English, Arthur's adventures at Tarn Wadling
   • Let the window glow, let the air be soft and weary, let it be forwondered, weary, let them taste of the evening sun, of this place they have fallen, let them taste of saving love again, let them call it beauty. 1987, Jane Kopp, Setting the heart to understand:

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