v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Admired p. pr. & vb. n. Admiring ] [ F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. &unr_; to smile, Skr. smi, and E. smile. ] 1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Examples rather to be admired than imitated. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To esteem; approve; delight in. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wonderful; also, admirable. [ Obs. ] “Admired disorder.” “ Admired Miranda.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Compounded of a la mi re, names of notes in the musical scale. ] The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bemired p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring. ] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Half relief. See Demi-rilievo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. fr. demi-reputation. ] A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [ Colloq. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mīre, m&ymacr_;re; akin to D. mier, Icel. maurr, Dan. myre, Sw. myra; cf. also Ir. moirbh, Gr. my`rmhx. ] An ant. [ Obs. ] See Pismire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mire, myre; akin to Icel. m&unr_;rr swamp, Sw. myra marshy ground, and perh. to E. moss. ] Deep mud; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He his rider from the lofty steed
Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mire crow (Zool.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Mire drum, the European bittern. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mired p. pr. & vb. n. Miring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties; -- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer than planned. [ PJC ]

3. To soil with mud or foul matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smirched thus and mired with infamy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To stick in mire. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from its picking its food from the mire. ] (Zool.) The pewit, or black-headed gull. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See Mire an ant. ] (Zool.) An ant, or emmet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Quake + mire. ] Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. “A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access.” Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Quagmire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]