Admire

Ad·mire

Admire

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Admired; p. pr. & vb. n. Admiring

  1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]
    Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
  2. 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.
    Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed.

Admire

v. i.
  1. To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
    To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself.