Verb

(admir)

(obsolete) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

*, II.2.4:

The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].

* Fuller

examples rather to be admired than imitated

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.

to admire''' a person of high moral worth, to '''admire a landscape

Verb

(en verb)

To pull toward without touching.

* Derham

All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.

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To arouse interest.

To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

* (John Milton)

Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.