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admire
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
2. v. To regard with wonder and delight.
3. v. To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
4. v. To estimate or prize highly.
to admire a person of high moral worth
to admire a landscape
5. v. (US, dialectal rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something).

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I don't have a solution but I admire the problem.  We always love those who admire us and we do not always love those we admire.  I cannot but admire his courage.  People I admire most are those who do not see life in terms of power.  Much as I admire him as a writer, I don't like him as a man.

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