admire, look up to
(verb) feel admiration for
admire
(verb) look at with admiration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)
(obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
(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 value highly; to hold in high esteem.
(US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
• Merida, MĂ©rida, admier, mierda, raimed
Named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.
Admire
A city and town in Kansas.
An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.
• Merida, MĂ©rida, admier, mierda, raimed
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*mire", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admired; p. pr. & vb. n. Admiring.] Etym: [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. smi, and E. smile.]
1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic] Examples rather to be admired than imitated. Fuller.
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. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.
Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct.
Syn.
– To esteem; approve; delight in.
Ad*mire", v. i.
Definition: To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at. To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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