5. The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
Ad*mir"ance (&?;), n. [Cf. OF. admirance.] Admiration. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ad`mi*ra"tion (&?;), n. [F., fr. L. admiratio. See Admire.] 1. Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.]
Season your admiration for a while.
Shak.
2. 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.
3. Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration.
Shak.
Note of admiration, the mark (!), called also exclamation point.
Syn. -- Wonder; approval; appreciation; adoration; reverence; worship.
Ad*mir"a*tive (&?;), a. Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.] Earle.
Ad*mire" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admired (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Admiring (&?;).] [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. &?; to smile, Skr. smi, and E. smile.] 1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]
Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
Fuller.
2. 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.
Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct.
Syn. -- To esteem; approve; delight in.
Ad*mire", v. i. To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself.
Fuller.
Ad*mired" (&?;), a. 1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.
2. Wonderful; also, admirable. [Obs.] "Admired disorder." " Admired Miranda." Shak.
Ad*mir"er (&?;), n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper.
Ad*mir"ing, a. Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. -- Ad*mir"ing*ly, adv. Shak.
Ad*mis`si*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. [Cf. F. admissibilité.] The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.
Ad*mis"si*ble (&?;), a. [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis. See Admit.] Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.
Ad*mis"sion (&?;), n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.] 1. The act or practice of admitting.
2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
What numbers groan for sad admission there!
Young.
3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something &?;serted; acknowledgment; concession.
The too easy admission of doctrines.
Macaulay.
4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. Shipley.
Syn. -- Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance.
Ad*mis"sive (&?;), a. Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.
Ad*mis"so*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to admission.
Ad*mit" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Admitting.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See Missile.] 1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.