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[uh-dawr, uh-dohr]

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verb (used with object)

to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.

to pay divine honor to; worship: to adore God.

to like or admire very much: I simply adore the way your hair is done!

verb (used without object)

to worship.

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Origin:
1275–1325; < Latin adōrāre to speak to, pray, worship, equivalent to ad- ad- + ōrāre to speak, beg (see oral); replacing Middle English aour(i)e < Old French aourer < Latin

Related forms

a·dor·er, noun

a·dor·ing·ly, adverb

un·a·dored, adjective

un·a·dor·ing, adjective

un·a·dor·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. idolize; reverence, revere, venerate.

Antonyms
1. abhor.

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Example Sentences

Performers on stage draw the public in droves to adore them, but the lives of performers offstage draw even larger attention.

Here, as in the rest of the country, the people already adore their young and handsome president.

Every unit has a secondary firing mode that you can toggle, a feature that micromanagement junkies will adore.

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Performers on stage draw the public in droves to adore them, but the lives of performers offstage draw even larger attention.

Here, as in the rest of the country, the people already adore their young and handsome president.

Every unit has a secondary firing mode that you can toggle, a feature that micromanagement junkies will adore.

He was the model for how a husband should adore his wife.

Everywhere he goes, crowds apparently adore him, keen to forgive his flaws.

Adore because of its fabulous buttery-rich, ethereal versatility.

It should not be to reveal the bad ones and adore the good ones when deciding who teaches our children.

People who adore him are people who accept bribes and simple favors in exchange for votes.

We'd probably adore a national bon-bon service if bankers would be taxed to pay for it.

They adore the portability, the tactile nature of the device, and the overall convenience.

But what this brash and talented young choreographer appears to adore about.

His students absolutely adore him and he publishes more than the rest of the dept combined.

Still, his fans continued to adore and support him-even when his drug use caused tardiness or a failure to appear at concerts.

They adore their fiesta and live it with their whole hearts despite the chaos.

Hummingbirds adore its tubular, orange-red flowers, which appear.

Children will adore the fussy detail and the hilarious dialogue.

Ark, is shaping up to be a kind of referendum on whether investors abhor or adore entrenched and imperial chief executives.

Adore your son, spare no effort to advance his career.

Voters, used to short-lived and tentative governments, adore this.

Models adore it because food prepped on it is slimming and healthful.

More distressing than the matrimonial flop is the news that the television industry seems to adore this kind of entertainment.

Ithacans cherish their lake, but they adore their gorges even more.

If you adore musicals, the singing milkman is a gimme.

Mellen has expressed the joy of fashion, and for that, designers adore her.

The vow renewal option might require you to be publicly adored while also taking the opportunity to graciously adore your adorer.

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World English Dictionary

adore (əˈdɔː)

—vb
1.	(tr) to love intensely or deeply
2.	to worship (a god) with religious rites
3.	informal (tr) to like very much: I adore chocolate

[C15: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray]

a'dorer

—n

a'doring

—*adj*

a'doringly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

adore

c.1300, "to pay divine honors to," from O.Fr. aourer "to adore, worship" (10c.), from L. adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in L.L. "to worship," from ad- "to" + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s;

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weakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s.

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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Adore definition

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.

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"We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle and that pretty woman on our right who smells of apple blossoms. Our bowels stir and our cod itches and we amend our prayers for the spiritual life with the hope that it will not be too spiritual."

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