n. Adorableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adorabilis, fr. adorare: cf. F. adorable. ]
The adorable Author of Christianity. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an adorable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adoratio, fr. adorare: cf. F. adoration. ]
The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Pole ] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To adorn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [ James II. ] publicly adored. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of adoring; adoration. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer. “An adorer of truth.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.