Meanings
present singular third person admirates · participle present admirating · participle past admirated · past admirated
- non-native speakers' EnglishTo admire.
We are very admirating of him in France.
2000 July 24, Hugette.Lespine, “Croats, Serbs and Muslims”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 20223 more examples
I admirate Oprah's capital gains, but as far as her moral life, well, she's a fat whore!
2000 February 14, schles...@my-deja.com, “Dr. Laura and Oprah”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022In fact, Miles went into jazz-rock-funk by deeply participating to create this musical movement end of 60s. So, during this period, he mixed influnces^([sic]) from Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone in jazz and was admirating those musicians.
2004 April 13, dom's, “What's on the cd player”, in alt.music.led-zeppelin (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022Yes, but that means that Robin's link is incorrect! (But that does not prevent me from admirating Robin's actions for TeX stuff.)
2010 June 21, Merciadri Luca, “Animated trees”, in comp.text.tex (Usenet), retrieved 21 Apr 2022
Origin
Back-formation from admiration. Equivalent to admire + -ate.
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admirate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admirate
“admirate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admirate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “admirate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admirate.
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