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Miring
(gcide) | Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired (m[imac]rd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Miring.]
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1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
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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.
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3. To soil with mud or foul matter.
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Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak.
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admiring
(encz) | admiring,obdivování n: Zdeněk Brožadmiring,obdivující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
admiringly
(encz) | admiringly,obdivuhodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
semiring
(encz) | semiring,polookruh n: [mat.] algebraická struktura web |
Admiring
(gcide) | Admiring \Ad*mir"ing\, a.
Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. --
Ad*mir"ing*ly, adv. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Admire \Ad*mire"\, 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. ? to smile, Skr. smi, and E.
smile.]
1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with
surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]
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Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
--Fuller.
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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.
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Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. --Pope.
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Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or
colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his
conduct.
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Syn: To esteem; approve; delight in.
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Admiringly
(gcide) | Admiring \Ad*mir"ing\, a.
Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. --
Ad*mir"ing*ly, adv. --Shak.
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Bemiring
(gcide) | Bemire \Be*mire"\, 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.
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Bemired and benighted in the dog. --Burke.
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Semiring
(gcide) | Semiring \Sem"i*ring`\ (s[e^]m"[i^]*r[i^]ng`), n. (Anat.)
One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the
bronchial tubes of most birds. The semirings form an
essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing
birds.
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admiringly
(wn) | admiringly
adv 1: with admiration; "he looked at his wife admiringly" |
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