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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
a·dore       [uh-dawr, uh-dohr] Pronunciation Key verb, a·dored, a·dor·ing.
–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')  Pronunciation Key 
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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adore

verb
love intensely; "he just adored his wife" 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Adore

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Adore

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

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

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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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