2. Wonderful; also, admirable. [Obs.] ``Admired disorder.''
`` Admired Miranda.'' --Shak.
Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
--Fuller.
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. --Pope.
Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or
colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his
conduct.
Syn: To esteem; approve; delight in.