ADMIRATIVE
ADMI'RATIVE, noun A note of admiration, thus! [Not used.]
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ADMI'RATIVE, noun A note of admiration, thus! [Not used.]
ADMI'RE, verb transitive [Latin admiror, ad and miror, to wonder; demiror. See Moor and Mar.]1. To regard with wonder or surprise, mingled with approbation, esteem, reverence or...
ADMI'RED, participle passive Regarded with wonder, mingled with pleasurable sensations, as esteem, love or reverence.
ADMI'RER, noun One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.
ADMI'RING, participle present tense Regarding with wonder united with love or esteem.
ADMI'RINGLY, adverb With admiration; in the manner of an admirer.
ADMISSIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being admissable.
ADMISS'IBLE, adjective [See admit.] That may be admitted, allowed or conceded; as, the testimony is admissible
ADMISS'ION, noun [Latin admissio.]1. The act or practice of admitting, as the admission of aliens into our country; also, the state of being admitted.2. Admittancep power or per...
ADMIT', verb transitive [Latin admitto, from ad and mitto, to send.]1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance; whether into a place, or an office, or into the mind, or considerat...
ADMIT'TABLE, adjective That may be admitted or allowed.
ADMIT'TANCE, noun1. The act of admitting; allowance. More usually,2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; and hence, actual entrance; as, he gained admittance in...
ADMIT'TED, participle passive Permitted to enter or approach; allowed; granted; conceded.
ADMIT'TER, noun He that admits.
ADMIT'TING, participle present tense Permitting to enter or approach; allowing; conceding.
ADMIX', verb transitive To mingle with something else. [See Mix.]
ADMIX'TION, noun admixchun, [Latin admixtio, or admistio; of ad and misceo, to mix. See Mix.]A mingling of bodies; a union by mixing different substances together. It differs fr...
ADMIX'TURE, noun [From admix.]The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture. We say, an admixture of sulphur with alum, or the admixture of different bodies.
ADMON'ISH, verb transitive [Latin admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish]1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove with mildness.Count him not as an enemy, but admoni...
ADMON'ISHED, participle passive Reproved; advised; warned; instructed.
ADMON'ISHER, noun One who reproves or counsels.
ADMON'ISHING, participle present tense Reproving; warning; counseling; directing.
ADMON'ISHMENT, noun Admonition.
ADMONI'TION, noun Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction. Titus 3:10. 1 Corinthians 10:11. In church discipline, public or private...
ADMONI'TIONER, noun A dispenser of admonitions.
ADMON'ITIVE, adjective Containing admonition.
ADMON'ITOR, noun An admonisher, a monitor.