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De - Pt| English Dictionary: adore | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for adore | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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Adore \A*dore"\, v. t. To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. --Spenser. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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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. | |
