admire

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From Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (wonder at).

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admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:
      The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long [...].
  2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
  3. (transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
  4. (transitive) to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

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admire

  1. first-person singular present indicative of admirer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of admirer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
  5. second-person singular imperative of admirer

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  • IPA: [adˈmire]

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admire

  1. third-person singular subjunctive form of admira.
  2. third-person plural subjunctive form of admira.

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admire (infinitive admirar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of admirar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of admirar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of admirar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of admirar.
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