- OE. aourenanourenadoren, OF. aoreradorer, F. adorer, fr. L. adorare; ad + orare to speak, pray, osoris, mouth. In OE. confused with honor, the French prefix a- being confused with OE. aan, on. See Oral
- 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.
- 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.
