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Webster 1913 Edition

Adore

A-dore′

,
Verb.
T.
To adorn.
[Obs.]
Congealed little drops which do the morn
adore
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adore

ADO'RE

,
Verb.
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. 1Kings, 19. Ps. 2. Gen 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.

Definition 2024

adore

adore

See also: adoré

English

Verb

adore ‎(third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)

  1. To worship.
    • Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)
      Bishops and priests, […] bearing the host, which he [James] publicly adored.
  2. To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
    It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.‎
    • Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)
      The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth.
  3. To be very fond of.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter II”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"
  4. (obsolete) To adorn.
    • Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)
      Like to the hore / Congealed drops, which do the morn adore.

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a´do.ɾe/

Noun

adore

  1. energy
  2. courage

Declension

"adore"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutive adore adorea adoreak
ergative adorek adoreak adoreek
dative adoreri adoreari adoreei
genitive adoreren adorearen adoreen
comitative adorerekin adorearekin adoreekin
causative adorerentzat adorearentzat adoreentzat
benefactive adorerengatik adorearengatik adoreengatik
instrumental adorez adoreaz adoreez
inessive adoretan adorean adoreetan
locative adoretako adoreko adoreetako
allative adoretara adorera adoreetara
terminative adoretaraino adoreraino adoreetaraino
directive adoretarantz adorerantz adoreetarantz
destinative adoretarako adorerako adoreetarako
ablative adoretatik adoretik adoreetatik
partitive adorerik
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prolative adoretzat
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Synonyms

Derived terms

  • adoretsu
  • adoregabe
  • adore eman

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dɔʁ/

Verb

adore

  1. first-person singular present indicative of adorer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of adorer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorer
  5. second-person singular imperative of adorer

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Galician

Verb

adore

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French adorer ‎(“worship, adore”).

Verb

adore

  1. adore
  2. worship

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈa.dɔ.rɛ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [aˈdoː.rɛ]

Noun

adō̆re n

  1. ablative singular of ador

Portuguese

Verb

adore

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
  3. first-person singular imperative of adorar
  4. third-person singular imperative of adorar

Romanian

Verb

adore

  1. third-person singular subjunctive form of adora.
  2. third-person plural subjunctive form of adora.

Spanish

Verb

adore

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of adorar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of adorar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of adorar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of adorar.

Etymology

From Old French adorer, from Latin adōrō, from ad ‎(“to”) + ōrō ‎(“I speak”).

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