Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
love intensely;
- Example: "he just adored his wife"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Adore \A*dore"\, v. t.
To adorn. [Obs.]
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Congealed little drops which do the morn adore.
--Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
adore \a*dore"\ ([.a]*d[=o]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. adored
([.a]*d[=o]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. adoring
([.a]*d[=o]r"[i^]ng).] [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 a deity or as divine.
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Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which
he [James II.] publicly adored. --Smollett.
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2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost
esteem and affection; to idolize.
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The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and
adored Monmouth. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
adore
v 1: love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
ADORE, v.t. To venerate expectantly.