Word Meanings - UNWONDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain. Fuller.
Related words: (words related to UNWONDER)
- DIVESTITURE
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. - DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting. - WONDERSTRUCK
Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden. - WONDER
Etym: 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson. - QUALITY
1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest - MYSTERY
1. A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied. Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery. Shak. And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy. Spenser. 2. A dramatic representation - INTERPRETABLE
Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained. - WONDERFUL
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. Syn. -- Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. -- Won"der*ful*ness, n. - EXPLAIN
out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear - INTERPRETATIVELY
By interpretation. Ray. - INTERPRETIVE
Interpretative. - WONDERLAND
A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold. - WONDERWORK
A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle. Such as in strange land He found in wonderworks of God and Nature's hand. Byron. - DIVESTURE
Divestiture. - WONDERLY
Wonderfully; wondrously. Chaucer. - DIVEST
See W (more info) devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; - WONDERINGLY
In a wondering manner. - EXPLAINABLE
Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne. - WONDERMENT
Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder. Bacon. All the common sights they view, Their wonderment engage. Sir W. Scott. - WONDER-WORKER
One who performs wonders, or miracles. - MISINTERPRETABLE
Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood. - INEQUALITY
An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; - FULLER
One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed - MISINTERPRETER
One who interprets erroneously. - EQUALITY
Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under - COEQUALITY
The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.