adore
See also: adoré
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“I pray to”), from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“I speak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ədôʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdɔː/
- (General American) enPR: ədôrʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdoɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ədōrʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈdoə̯/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: adore
Verb
[edit]adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)
- To worship.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
- Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this?
- 1758, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition, Volume 6, Book 8, “William III,” p. 29,[1]
- [James] was met at the castle-gate by a procession of […] bishops and priests in their pontificals, bearing the host, which he publicly adored.
- 1852, Frederick Oakeley (translator), “O Come, All Ye Faithful” in Francis H. Murray, A Hymnal for Use in the English Church,[2]
- Come and behold him
- Born the King of Angels:
- O come, let us adore Him,
- Christ the Lord.
- Antonym: disdain
- To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
- It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.
- 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter V, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 388:
- The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth.
- Antonym: disdain
- To be very fond of.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- "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. […]"
- (obsolete) To adorn.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- […] and likewise on her hed
A Chapelet of sundry flowers she wore,
From vnder which the deawy humour shed,
Did tricle downe her haire, like to the hore
Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore.
- Antonym: disdain
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]worship
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love with entire heart and soul
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Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier ardore, from Latin ardōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adore inan
- energy, vital force
- Synonym: kemen
- courage
Declension
[edit]| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | adore | adorea | adoreak |
| ergative | adorek | adoreak | adoreek |
| dative | adoreri | adoreari | adoreei |
| genitive | adoreren | adorearen | adoreen |
| comitative | adorerekin | adorearekin | adoreekin |
| causative | adorerengatik | adorearengatik | adoreengatik |
| benefactive | adorerentzat | adorearentzat | adoreentzat |
| 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 | — | — |
| prolative | adoretzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “adore”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “adore”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
- inflection of adorer:
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
- inflection of adorar:
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French adorer (“worship, adore”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈad.o.re/, [ˈäd̪ɔrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈad.o.re/, [ˈäd̪ore]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /adˈoː.re/, [äd̪ˈoːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈo.re/, [äd̪ˈɔːre]
Noun
[edit]adore or adōre n
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
- inflection of adorar:
Romanian
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
- inflection of adorar:
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