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The definition of adore means to worship, honor or to be very fond of.

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An example of adore is a mother affectionately looking at and caring for her new baby.

See adore in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb adored, adoring

to worship as divine
to love greatly or honor highly; idolize
Informal to like very much

Origin: ME adouren < OFr adourer < L adorare, to worship < ad-, to + orare, to speak: see oration

Related Forms:

adorer noun
adoringly adverb

See adore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores

verb, transitive

To worship as God or a god.
To regard with deep, often rapturous love. See Synonyms at revere¹.
To like very much: adores mink coats.

verb, intransitive

To worship.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English adouren

Origin: , from Old French adourer

Origin: , from Latin adōrāre, to pray to

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + ōrāre, to pray

Related Forms:

a·dorˈer noun

a·dorˈing·ly adverb

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