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which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.

guished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. M. Arnold.

her; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. Barrow. With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and floun…

To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. Sir W. Hamilton.

To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.

frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. Dugdale.

One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

An adorer; a great admirer. Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd.

A person or thing loved or admired. Sir W. Temple.

To wet; to bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

d by no other lore. Chaucer. Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature. Dryden.

In conclusion; finally.lastly Pleased with his idol, he commends, admires, Adores; and, last, the thing adored desires. Dryden.

tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aërial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.

Darkness; gloom; murk. "In mirk and mire." Longfellow.

Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.

A bog or quagmire. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

al duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.