adoring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adoring	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for adoring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adoring adj showing adoration Synonym(s): adoring, worshipful extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" Synonym(s): adoring, doting, fond
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.