admiring
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]admiring (comparative more admiring, superlative most admiring)
- Feeling or showing admiration.
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[edit]feeling or showing admiration
Verb
[edit]admiring
- present participle and gerund of admire
Noun
[edit]admiring (plural admirings)
- admiration
- a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Passion of our Blessed Saviour”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
- 1847, Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God:
- We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.
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