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Admire v. t. (past & past part. admired; pres. part. admiring)

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. (Archaic) "Examples rather to be admired than imitated."

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. "Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed." Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct.

Synonyms: To esteem; approve; delight in.

Admire v. i. To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; sometimes with at. "To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself."

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Etymology of 'Admire'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Admire" Quotes from Famous Books

... poetic haze of Debussy, but in gleaming, brilliant phrases. There is promise in Schmitt. As to Vincent d'Indy, you differ with his scheme, yet he is a master, as was Cesar Franck a master, as are masters the two followers of D'Indy, Albert Roussel and Theodat de Severac. Personally I admire Paul Dukas, though without any warrant whatever for placing him on the same plane with Claude Debussy, who, after all, has added a novel nuance to art. But they are all makers of anxious mosaics; never do they carve the block; exquisite miniaturists, yet lack the big brush work ...

— Ivory Apes and Peacocks • James Huneker

... we nearly all exalt as if it were a virtue? We don't praise egoism, or pride of family, or love of a particular town or province, in the same way. What magic is there in the ring that embraces a country, that we admire it as precious metal and call the other rings foolish or base? You will admit that it is ...

— Mystery at Geneva - An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings • Rose Macaulay

... rocks than those secret places which preserved the life of the "young chevalier's" great-uncle Charles II. Altogether, the terrible hardships to which the last claimant to the Stuart throne was subjected were far greater in every way, and we can but admire the remarkable spirit, fortitude, and courage that carried him through ...

— Secret Chambers and Hiding Places • Allan Fea

... sense of being in the presence of a vivid emotion. She rose in her excitement; she could see that he admired her, and was enjoying her insolence too, in a way, though in a way that she did not think she quite understood; and she had the wish to make him admire her a ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... does not at all represent the prose of this writer. It is a fine, delicately interwoven, tissue-like fabric, pliant and supple. If one were in the secret of M. Bergson's private thoughts, it might be discovered that he does not admire his style so much as others do, for his whole manner of thought must, one suspects, have led him often to attempt to express the inexpressible. The ocean of life, that fluide bienfaisant in which we are immersed, has no doubt often proved too fluid even for him. ...

— Bergson and His Philosophy • J. Alexander Gunn

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