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adore

/əˈdoɹ/

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What does adore mean?

verb

  1. To worship.
  2. To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
  3. To be very fond of.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. (obsolete) To adorn.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈdoɹ/

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Will was ready to adore her pity and loyalty, if she would associate himself with her in manifesting them.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
“How strange it is, one grows attached. What money is that? Take back your hundred-sou piece. I adore the child.”
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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“Because you would not believe it. I adore you, dear sister! I am delighted to be here, and I am charmed with the prospect.”
Henry JamesThe EuropeansProject Gutenberg ebook #179
"I no longer love you," she writes, "but I still adore you. I do not want you any more, but I cannot do without you."
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
Now men in their aspect of equality and debate adore the idea of rules; they develop and complicate them greatly to excess.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717