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Miracle
Definitions
- 1 A female given name.
- 2 A surname.
- 1 An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
"Many religious beliefs are based on miracles."
- 2 a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent wordnet
- 3 A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it.
"Secondly, it was a miracle that a document hammered out with such difficulty, satisfying very few of its authors completely and satisfying some of them very little, would turn out to be the most successful political invention in history."
- 4 any amazing or wonderful occurrence wordnet
- 5 An awesome and exceptional example of something.
"economic miracle"
- 1 To affect by a miracle; to work a miracle upon. transitive
"When a patient declares that he has been "miracled," the other pilgrims are apt to rush to him (or her) and ask details; this is not permitted; the miracled invalid is borne or carted away to the Bureau of Medical Certification […]"
Etymology
From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyh₂- (“to smile, to be astonished”). Doublet of milagro and miraculum. Partially displaced native wonder, from Old English wundor (“miracle, wonder”).
From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyh₂- (“to smile, to be astonished”). Doublet of milagro and miraculum. Partially displaced native wonder, from Old English wundor (“miracle, wonder”).
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