Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adore"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Adore
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adore \A*dore"\, v. t.
To adorn. [Obs.]
Congealed little drops which do the morn adore.
--Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adore
v : love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
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