Mir"a*cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror.]
1.
A wonder or wonderful thing.
That miracle and queen of genus.
Shak.
2.
Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.
They considered not the miracle of the loaves.
Mark vi. 52.
3.
A miracle play.
4.
A story or legend abounding in miracles.
[Obs.]
When said was all this miracle.
Chaucer.
Miracle monger, an impostor who pretends to work miracles. -- Miracle play, one of the old dramatic entertainments founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d Mystery, 2) on events related in the Bible.
© Webster 1913.
Mir"a*cle, v. t.
To make wonderful.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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