ador

a. [ L. adorabilis, fr. adorare: cf. F. adorable. ] 1. Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

The adorable Author of Christianity. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Worthy of the utmost love or respect. [ 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. ] 1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. [ 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. [ 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 a deity or as divine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [ James II. ] publicly adored. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. [ 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 ]