Marvel (verb)

” Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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” I marvel they never spoke of these matters”

Definition

spoke with great feeling, highly believe

Merriam-Webster Definition

Transitive Verb

to feel astonishment or perplexity at or about marveled that they had escaped

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I marvel that occured in a time of depression.

I strongly believe that happened in a time of great depression.