admire
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[edit] Etymology
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)
- (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 [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:
- (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
- (transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
- (transitive) to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.
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terms derived from admire
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regard with wonder and delight
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admire
- first-person singular present indicative of admirer
- third-person singular present indicative of admirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
- second-person singular imperative of admirer
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- IPA: [adˈmire]
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admire
- third-person singular subjunctive form of admira.
- third-person plural subjunctive form of admira.
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admire (infinitive admirar)
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