PookBaccus -> RE: Admiration? (6/21/2006 9:06:54 AM)
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ad·mire ([image]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/abreve.gif[/image]d-m[image]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/imacr.gif[/image]r[image]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/prime.gif[/image]) v. ad·mired, ad·mir·ing, ad·mires v. tr. - To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval.
- To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect.
- Chiefly New England & Upper Southern U.S. To enjoy (something): “I just admire to get letters, but I don't admire to answer them” (Dialect Notes).
- Archaic. To marvel or wonder at.
v. intr. New England & Upper Southern U.S. To marvel at something. Often used with at.
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