Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miracle

Miracle , noun

[French, from Latin miraculum, from mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and compare Mirror.]

1.
A wonder or wonderful thing.
That miracle and queen of genus. — Shakespeare
2.
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. [Obsolete]
When said was all this miracle. — Chaucer
Collocations (2)
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.

Miracle , transitive verb

To make wonderful. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare