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Adore

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a⋅dore

  [uh-dawr, uh-dohr] verb, a⋅dored, a⋅dor⋅ing.
Use Adore in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
2. to pay divine honor to; worship: to adore God.
3. to like or admire very much: I simply adore the way your hair is done!
–verb (used without object)
4. to worship.
Origin:
1275–1325; < L adōrāre to speak to, pray, worship, equiv. to ad- ad- + ōrāre to speak, beg (see oral ); r. ME aour(i)e < OF aourer < L

Related forms:
a⋅dor⋅er, noun
a⋅dor⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. idolize; reverence, revere, venerate.

Antonyms:
1. abhor.
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a·dore   (ə-dôr', ə-dōr')   
v.   a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores

v.   tr.

  1. To worship as God or a god.

  2. To regard with deep, often rapturous love. See Synonyms at revere1.

  3. To like very much: adores mink coats.

v.   intr.
To worship.

[Middle English adouren, from Old French adourer, from Latin adōrāre, to pray to : ad-, ad- + ōrāre, to pray.]
a·dor'er n., a·dor'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

adore 
c.1305, from O.Fr. aourer "to adore, worship," from L. adorare "speak to formally, beseech," in L.L. "to worship," from ad- "to" + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Adore

to worship; to express reverence and homage. The forms of adoration among the Jews were putting off the shoes (Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15), and prostration (Gen. 17:3; Ps. 95:6; Isa. 44:15, 17, 19; 46:6). To "kiss the Son" in Ps. 2:12 is to adore and worship him. (See Dan. 3:5, 6.) The word itself does not occur in Scripture.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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