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Syn. -- Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange;
improbable; incredible. -- Marvelous, Wonderful. We
speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and
admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the
ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.


Mar"vel*ous*ly, adv. In a
marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.


Mar"vel*ous*ness, n. The quality
or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.


Mar"ver (?), n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. OE.
or F. marbre marble.] (Glass Marking) A stone, or
cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it
shape.


Mar"y (?), n. Marrow. [Obs.]
Chaucer.


Ma"ry (?), interj. See
Marry.
[Obs.] Chaucer.


Ma"ry-bud` (?), n. (Bot.)
The marigold; a blossom of the marigold. Shak.


Ma`ry*ol"a*try (?), n.
Mariolatry.


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