different between admire vs treasure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin adm?ror, from ad + m?ror (“wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?ma??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ma??/
• Hyphenation: ad?mire
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
   • 1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State

     examples rather to be admired than imitated

2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
3. (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
4. (transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
6. (US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
   • 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:

     And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.

   • 2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur (?ISBN), page 37:

     “I hope you do. I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Merida, Mérida, admier, mierda, raimed

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /ad?mire/
  • Hyphenation: ad?mi?re
  • Rhymes: -ire

Adverb

admire

1. admiringly

French

Verb

admire

1. first-person singular present indicative of admirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of admirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
5. second-person singular imperative of admirer

Anagrams

• damier, médira, merdai, Mérida

Portuguese

Verb

admire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of admirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of admirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of admirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of admirar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ad?mire]

Verb

admire

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of admira
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of admira

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?ma?r/

Verb

admire (third-person singular present admires, present participle admirin, past admired, past participle admired)

1. to admire, marvel at
2. to surprise, astonish

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad?mi?e/, [að??mi.?e]

Verb

admire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of admirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of admirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of admirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of admirar.

English

Alternative forms

• treasuer (chiefly archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin th?saurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (th?saurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Middle English schat. Doublet of thesaurus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t????/, /?t??????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t????/
• Hyphenation: treas?ure
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

treasure (countable and uncountable, plural treasures)

1. (uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
2. (countable) Anything greatly valued.

   • Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.

   • 1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear

     I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure.

   • 1946, Ernest Tubb, Filipino Baby

     She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet

     Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet

3. (countable) A term of endearment.
   • 1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold

     "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.

Related terms

• treasury

Translations

Verb

treasure (third-person singular simple present treasures, present participle treasuring, simple past and past participle treasured)

1. (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious; to value highly.

   Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.

   • 1838, Eliza Cook, "The Old Armchair", in Melania and other Poems

     I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare

     To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?

     I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;

     I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.

2. (transitive) To store or stow in a safe place.
   • 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman

     The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich.

Synonyms

• (to consider to be precious): cherish

Antonyms

• (to consider to be precious): despise

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• austerer, treasuer