mira

n.; pl. Mirabilaries One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Latin. ] Remarkably; strange to say; marvelous to relate. [ PJC ]

‖prop. n. [ L., wonderful. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mirabilis, fr. mirari to wonder: cf. OF. mirable. See Marvel. ] Wonderful; admirable. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make wonderful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A wonder or wonderful thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

That miracle and queen of genus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

They considered not the miracle of the loaves. Mark vi. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A miracle play. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A story or legend abounding in miracles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When said was all this miracle. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to seem to be a miracle. [ R. ] Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]