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What is the verb for admiration?

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admire
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
  2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
  3. (transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
  4. (transitive) to estimate or prize highly.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The King was gracious and benevolent, and the citizens would admire him in return.”
      “He could not help but admire her because of her beauty and generous spirit.”
      “First of all, I'd like to tell him I admire and respect him as one of the very unique talents in television.”
admier
  1. Eye dialect spelling of admire.
admiring
admires
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Mrs Crowther belongs to the neighbourhood watch and admires the two hard-working local beat police, but says they are ridiculously undermanned.”
      “He strongly admires him because he knows how tough it is to eke a living out of one of Australia's last frontiers.”
      “She is a horrible person and why anybody likes her or, gods forbid, admires her is beyond me.”
admireth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
admirest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of admire
admired
  1. simple past tense and past participle of admire
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Reg was a most popular man, admired for his leadership qualities and sincere dedication to everything he tackled.”
      “I want to see entrepreneurs become more admired and respected for their contribution to society.”
      “I'd always admired the way jewelers could place stones and create settings.”
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