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forwonder

forwonder verb: to astonish; fill with wonder or amazement.

Verb

forwonder (third-person singular simple present forwonders, present participle forwondering, simple past and past participle forwondered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To astonish; fill with wonder or amazement.
    • 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
    • The wise of the weathers forwondered they were.1988, Helen Phillips, University of Lancaster. Dept. of English, Arthur's adventures at Tarn Wadling

Forms of forwonder

third-person singular presentforwonders
present participleforwondering
past participleforwondered
pastforwondered

Origin of forwonder

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

Questions about forwonder

What does forwonder mean?
Forwonder means to astonish; fill with wonder or amazement.
What part of speech is forwonder?
Forwonder is a verb.
What is the past tense of forwonder?
The past tense of forwonder is forwondered.

Words near forwonder in the dictionary

  1. forweep
  2. forwelk
  3. forwent
  4. forwhy
  5. forwither
  6. forwonder
  7. forwondered
  8. forwondering
  9. forwonders
  10. forwork
  11. forworked

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