v.
Pronunciation: ə d- ' m ī (- ə )r
Function: verb
Inflected Form: ad · mired ; ad · mir · ing
Etymology: Middle French admirer, to marvel at, from Latin admirari, from ad- + mirari to wonder, from mirus astonishing
Date: 1560
transitive verb
1 : to regard with admiration
2 archaic : to marvel at
intransitive verb dialect : to like very much <I would admire to know why not ― A. H. Lewis>
synonyms see REGARD
– ad · mir · er noun
– ad · mir · ing · ly \ - ' m ī -ri ŋ -l ē \ adverb