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admirate

admirate verb: to admire.

Verb

admirate (third-person singular simple present admirates, present participle admirating, simple past and past participle admirated)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) To admire.
    • 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 2022
    • 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 2022

Forms of admirate

third-person singular presentadmirates
present participleadmirating
past participleadmirated
pastadmirated

Origin of admirate

Back-formation from admiration. Equivalent to admire + -ate.

Questions about admirate

What does admirate mean?
Admirate means to admire.
What part of speech is admirate?
Admirate is a verb.
What is the past tense of admirate?
The past tense of admirate is admirated.

Words near admirate in the dictionary

  1. Admiralty Islands
  2. admiralty law
  3. admirance
  4. admirant
  5. admirante
  6. admirate
  7. admirated
  8. admirates
  9. admirating
  10. admiration
  11. admirational

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