1.
[syn: admire, look up to]
2. look at with admiration;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Admire \Ad*mire"\, v. i.
To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; --
sometimes with at.
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To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself.
--Fuller.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Admire \Ad*mire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admired; p. pr. & vb.
n. Admiring.] [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to
wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. ? to smile, Skr. smi, and E.
smile.]
1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with
surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]
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Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
--Fuller.
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2. 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.
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Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. --Pope.
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Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or
colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his
conduct.
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Syn: To esteem; approve; delight in.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
admire
v 1: feel admiration for [syn: admire, look up to] [ant:
look down on]
2: look at with admiration
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "admire":
OK, accept, accord respect to, adore, apotheosize, appreciate,
approve, approve of, bless, cherish, consider, countenance,
dearly love, defer to, deify, delight in, endorse,
entertain respect for, esteem, exalt, favor, hero-worship,
hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, hold with, honor,
idolize, keep in countenance, look up to, love to distraction,
prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, revere, reverence,
sanction, take kindly to, think highly of, think much of,
think well of, treasure, uphold, value, venerate, view with favor,
worship
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Admire, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 177
Housing Units (2000): 73
Land area (2000): 0.331180 sq. miles (0.857752 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.331180 sq. miles (0.857752 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00325
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.641416 N, 96.101932 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66830
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Admire, KS
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