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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ad·mire / ədˈmī(ə)r/ • v. [tr.] regard (an object, quality, or person) with respect or warm approval: | I admire your courage. ∎ look at with pleasure: we were just admiring your garden. DERIVATIVES: ad·mir·ing·ly adv.

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admire

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

admire †wonder (at); regard with pleased surprise. XVI (late). — F. admirer (OF. amirer) or L. admīrārī, f. AD- + mīrārī wonder (see MIRACLE).
So admirable, admiration XV.

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admire

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

admire •acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah •homebuyer

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