adore /(ȧ*dōr")/

a·dore

adore

v. t.

imp. & p. p. adored; p. pr. & vb. n. adoring

  1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a deity or as divine.
    Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James II.] publicly adored.
  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 Monmouth.

Adore

v. t.
  1. To adorn. [Obs.]
    Congealed little drops which do the morn adore.