† eˈsmarvel, v. Obs.
Forms: 5 esmervail, -vayll, 6 esmarveyl.
[ad. OF. esmerveill-er, f. es-:—L. ex- out + merveill-er to wonder, marvel. See also amarvel.]
trans. a. To astonish. b. To wonder at, admire.
| 1475 Caxton Jason 98 Jason was moche esmeruailled thenne whan he understod the hyghe mysteres that hym behoued to make. 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxix. 341 Contemple, and esmaruayll the grete & incomprenable dyfference. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. (Percy Soc.) 189 Thus al esmarveyled we dyd then awake. |