Admire
Admire ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[French admirer, from Latin admirari; ad + mirari to wonder, for smirari, akin to Greek {not transcribed} to smile, Sanskrit smi, and English smile.]
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Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct.
Admire , intransitive verb
To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself.