Definitions for: Adore

[v] love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

Webster (1913) Definition: A*dore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adored ; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adoring.] [OE. aouren, anouren, adoren, OF. aorer, adorer,
F. adorer, fr. L. adorare; ad + orare to speak, pray, os,
oris, mouth. In OE. confused with honor, the French prefix a-
being confused with OE. a, an, on. See Oral.]
1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors
to; to honor as deity or as divine.

Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which
he [James ?.] publicly adored. --Smollett.

2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost
esteem and affection; to idolize.

The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and
adored Montouth. --Macaulay.

A*dore", v. t.
To adorn. [Obs.]

Congealed little drops which do the morn adore.
--Spenser.

See Also: hero-worship, idolise, idolize, love, revere, worship

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