1. trans. To fill with wonder, or admiration; esp. in Bewondered.
1580. Sidney, Arcadia, II. 184. A while we stood bewondred, another while delighted with the rare beautie thereof. Ibid., III. 357. That childish stuffe … bewonder[s] gasing eye.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, X. xvii. 182. How he bewondred was.
2. To wonder at, regard wonderingly, admire.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. City of God, Ded. 2. But men given to learning doe not so much bewonder your wealth or your power.
a. 1628. F. Greville, Cælica, VI. lxxi. My soule, you know, onely be-wonders you.
