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Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.

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. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.] Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton.

Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. [Obs.] Shak.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

Consideration; deliberation; consultation. Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser.

Asphodel. [Obs.]

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father. To name or call after, to name like and reference to. Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. Goldsmith.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

tallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope.

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.

nean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.