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† beˈwonder, v. Obs.
[f. be- + wonder v. Cf. Ger. bewundern, Du. bewonderen, both modern.]
1. trans. To fill with wonder, or admiration; esp. in bewondered.
1580Sidney Arcadia ii. 184 A while we stood bewondred, another while delighted with the rare beautie thereof. Ibid. iii. 357 That childish stuffe..bewonder[s] gasing eye. 1600Fairfax Tasso x. xvii. 182 How he bewondred was.
2. To wonder at, regard wonderingly, admire.
1610Healey St. Aug. City of God Ded. 2 But men given to learning doe not so much bewonder your wealth or your power. a1628F. Greville Cælica vi. lxxi, My soule, you know, onely be-wonders you. |