Admire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

II. Admire ·vi To Wonder; to Marvel; to be affected with surprise;

— sometimes with at.

III. Admire ·vt 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.

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admire
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.