Adore Definition

ə-dôr
adored, adores, adoring
verb
To worship as God or a god.
American Heritage
To worship as divine.
Webster's New World
To love (someone) deeply and devotedly.
American Heritage
To love greatly or honor highly; idolize.
Webster's New World
To like very much.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Adore

  • Middle English adouren from Old French adourer from Latin adōrāre to pray to ad- ad- ōrāre to pray

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French adorer, from Latin adoro, from ad (“to”) + to speak, to pray.

    From Wiktionary

Adore Sentence Examples

  • Lon and the others adore him.

  • Let them therefore not adore the cross.

  • Let them therefore not adore a cross of gold or silver or bronze or stone.

  • You were such a special man, whom I will always truly adore.

  • The Christ is an elect one, who, as the Cathars (q.v.) put it, having been consoled or become a Paraclete in the flesh, stands in prayer with his hands outspread in the form of a cross, while the congregation of hearers or audientes adore the Christ in him.

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Words Starting With

AADADO

Words Ending With

EREORE

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adore

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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