Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Marvel \Mar"vel\, n. [OE. mervaile, F. merveille, fr. L.
   mirabilia wonderful things, pl., fr. mirabilis wonderful, fr.
   mirari to wonder or marvel at. See {Admire}, {Smile}, and cf.
   {Miracle}.]
   1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

            I will do marvels such as have not been done. --Ex.
                                                  xxxiv. 10.

            Nature's sweet marvel undefiled.      --Emerson.

   2. Wonder. [R.] ``Use lessens marvel.'' --Sir W. Scott.

   {Marvel of Peru}. (Bot.) See {Four-o'clock}.