admire to

English

Verb

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

  1. (dialectal, US, rare) To want to do (something); to be enthusiastic about doing (something).
    Ma'am, I'd admire to take you out on a date.
    • 1953, Arthur Miller, The Crucible
      I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them — she'll not answer me, y' see.

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