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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.
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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
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.
1. idolize; reverence, revere, venerate.
Antonyms
1. abhor.
1. abhor.
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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;
EXPANDweakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s.
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