[ad.mire] vb ad.mired ; ad.mir.ing [MF admirer, fr. L admirari, fr. ad- + mirari to wonder, fr. mirus astonishing] vt (1579) 1 archaic: to marvel at
2: to regard with admiration ~ vi, dial: to like very much "I would ~ to know why not --A. H. Lewis" syn see regard -- ad.mir.er n -- ad.mir.ing.ly adv