admire
/ədˈmaɪɹ/ verb A2- 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 value highly; to hold in high esteem. · to admire a person of high moral worth· to admire a landscape
He/she/it admires · Past admired · Past participle admired · -ing form admiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- admire
- He/she/it
- admires
- Past
- admired
- Past participle
- admired
- -ing form
- admiring
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They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fantastic knots and curves, and licking his lips as he thought of his dinner to come.
Seeing his own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired the size and variety of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having such slender and weak feet.
A PEASANT found an Eagle captured in a trap, and much admiring the bird, set him free.
Persuaded as Miss Bingley was that Darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best method of recommending herself; but angry people are not always wise; and in seeing him at last look somewhat nettled, she had all the success she expected.
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