Category:Adore

A*dore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adored; p. pr. & vb. n. Adoring.] Etym: [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 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.

A*dore", v. t.

Defn: To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Adore - To worship; to express reverence and homage. The forms of adoration among the Jews were putting off the shoes (Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15), and prostration (Genesis 17:3; Psalm 95:6; Isaiah 44:15, Isaiah 44:17, Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 46:6). To "kiss the Son" in Psalm 2:12 is to adore and worship him. (See Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:6.) The word itself does not occur in Scripture.