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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr]

verb (used with object)

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

    Synonyms: , , ,
    Antonyms:
  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)

adored, adoring 
  1. to worship.

adore

/ əˈɔː /

verb

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • adorer noun
  • adoringly adverb
  • unadored adjective
  • unadoring adjective
  • unadoringly adverb
  • ˈǰԲ adverb
  • ˈǰԲ adjective
  • ˈǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adore1

First recorded in 1275–1325; from Latin ō “to speak to, pray, worship,” from ad- ad- + ō “to beg, plead, speak” ( oration ); replacing Middle English aour(i)e, from Old French aourer, from Latin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adore1

C15: via French from Latin ō, from ad- to + ō to pray
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It’s the most humbling thing in the world, and I just adore it.

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David Greenwood adored basketball so much in middle school that he would play for three different teams in three different parks on the same day, multiple times a week.

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But she said the family did not believe he would have taken his own life, "leaving behind his two children who he adored".

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Among his favourites were the works John Buchan and H Rider Haggard, but Forsyth adored Ernest Hemingway's book on bullfighters, Death in the Afternoon.

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On our call, Patinkin clasps his arm around Grody, showering her with affection and telling her he adores her as she bursts out laughing.

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