Main Entry:

ad·mire

Pronunciation:

\əd-ˈmī(-ə)r\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

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 verb1: to regard with admiration2archaic : to marvel atintransitive verbdialect : 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