admire

verb

Pronunciation: /ədˈmaɪə/ / /ədˈmaɪɹ/ / /ədˈmʌɪɹ/

Etymology: Named for one of its founders, Jacob Admire.

Etymology: From Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”).

To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
“The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].”
“examples rather to be admired than imitated”
To regard with wonder and delight.
“kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords, And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs, When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe Theſe are the men that al the world admires,”
To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
“to admire a person of high moral worth”
“to admire a landscape”
To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
“I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them — she'll not answer me, y' see.”
“And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.”