transcription, транскрипция: [ əd-ˈmī(-ə)r ]
verb
( 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 -ˈmī-riŋ-lē adverb