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Definition of Admire
1. Verb. Feel admiration for.
Generic synonyms: Esteem, Prise, Prize, Respect, Value
Specialized synonyms: Envy
Derivative terms: Admiration, Admirer, Admirer, Admirer
Antonyms: Look Down On
2. Verb. Look at with admiration. "Sam cannot admire Sue "
Definition of Admire
1. v. t. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
2. v. i. To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
Definition of Admire
1. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To be amazed at. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence; ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Admire
1. to regard with wonder, pleasure, and approval [v -MIRED, -MIRING, -MIRES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Admire
Literary usage of Admire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man ever excelled all
the world in more ... In one we moft admire the man, in the other * In all ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Notwithstanding the great difference which obtains between the English character
and ours, we admire the English as a great nation, and enjoy many of the ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
""1 For to admire an' for to see. For to be'old this war/d sa wide— It never done
no good to me, But / can't drop it if I tried! I see the sergeants pitchin' ..."
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