miracle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any amazing or wonderful occurrence
  2. noun a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent

WordNet

Mir"a*cle noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror.
Definitions
  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.
Mir"a*cle transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make wonderful. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913