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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADO'RE, v.t. [L. adoro. In Heb. to honor, reverence or glorify to adorn; to be magnificent or glorious, to magnify, to glorify. This word is usually referred to the Latin ad orare, to carry to one's mouth; ad and os, oris; as, in order to kiss one's hand, the hand is carried to one's mouth. See Calmet, ad verbum, who cites, in confirmation of this opinion, the ancient practice of kissing the hand. See Job 31. 1 Kings 19. Psalms 2. Genesis 41. Ainsworth supposes the word to be a compound of ad and oro, to pray; and if the word is compound, as I suspect, this opinion is most probably correct.]
1. To worship with profound reverence; to address with exalted thoughts, by prayer and thanksgiving; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a god or as divine.
2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem, affection and respect; as, the people adore their prince.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (adored; adoring) Etymology: Middle English adouren, from Anglo-French aurer, adourer, from Latin adorare, from ad- + orare to speak, pray — more at oration Date: 14th century 1. to worship or honor as a deity or as divine 2. to regard with loving admiration and devotion <adored his wife> 3. to be very fond of <adores pecan pie> Synonyms: see revere • adorer noun • adoringly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 regard with honour and deep affection. 2 a worship as divine. b RC Ch. offer reverence to (the Host etc.). 3 colloq. like very much. Derivatives: adoration n. adoring adj. adoringly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF aourer f. L adorare worship (as AD-, orare speak, pray)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Adore A*dore", v. t. To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adores, adoring, adored) 1. If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them. She adored her parents and would do anything to please them. VERB: no cont, V n 2. If you adore something, you like it very much. (INFORMAL) My mother adores bananas and eats two a day... VERB: no cont, V n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Worship. 2. Revere, venerate, idolize, honor, pay homage to.

Foolish Dictionary

From add, annex, and ore, meaning wealth. Example, foreign nobles who marry American heiresses adore them.

Moby Thesaurus

accord respect to, admire, adulate, affection, apotheosize, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, cherish, coddle, dearly love, defer to, deify, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, do homage to, do service, dote, dote on, eat up, enjoy, entertain respect for, esteem, exalt, extol, fancy, favor, feast on, freak out on, get high on, gloat over, groove on, hallow, hero-worship, hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, idolize, indulge, indulge in, laud, like, look up to, love, love to distraction, luxuriate in, pamper, pay homage to, praise, prize, regard, rejoice in, relish, respect, revel in, revere, reverence, riot in, savor, smack the lips, spoil, swim in, take pleasure in, think highly of, think much of, think well of, treasure, value, venerate, wallow in, worship