bewonder

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ wonder. Compare Dutch bewonderen (“to admire”), German bewundern (“to admire”), Swedish beundra (“to admire”).

Verb

bewonder (third-person singular simple present bewonders, present participle bewondering, simple past and past participle bewondered)

1. (archaic, transitive) To wonder about; wonder over; wonder at; regard wonderingly; admire.
2. (archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.

   Synonym: forwonder

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xvii:

     The other seeing his astonishment, / How he bewonder'd was, and how he far'd […]

References

• “bewonder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

bewonder

1. inflection of bewonderen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative