Dictionary entry

Wonder (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Won″der, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wondered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]

1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.

I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift.

We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson.

2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.

I wonder, in my soul,

What you would ask me, that I should deny. Shak.