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 verb 1 : to regard with admiration
2 archaic : to marvel atintransitive 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