- (v.t.) To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
- (v.t.) To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.
- (v.i.) To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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