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See also:adoré
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromMiddle English*adoren,aouren,fromOld Frenchadorer,aorer,fromLatinadōrō(“I pray to”),fromad(“to”)+ōrō(“I speak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)enPR:ədôʹ,IPA(key):/əˈdɔː/
- (General American)enPR:ədôrʹ,IPA(key):/əˈdɔɹ/
- (rhotic,without thehorse–hoarsemerger)enPR:ədōrʹ,IPA(key):/əˈdo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic,without thehorse–hoarsemerger)IPA(key):/əˈdoə̯/
Audio(US): (file) - Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation:adore
Verb
[edit]adore(third-person singular simple presentadores,present participleadoring,simple past and past participleadored)
- Toworship.
- c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene iv]:
- Now, gods that weadore,whereof comes this?
- 1758,Tobias Smollett,A Complete History of England,London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition, Volume 6, Book 8, “William III,” p. 29,[1]
- [James] was met at the castle-gate by a procession of[…]bishops and priests in their pontificals, bearing the host, which he publiclyadored.
- 1852,Frederick Oakeley(translator), “O Come, All Ye Faithful”in Francis H. Murray,A Hymnal for Use in the English Church,[2]
- Come and behold him
- Born the King of Angels:
- O come, let usadoreHim,
- Christ the Lord.
- Antonym:disdain
- Tolovewith one's entire heart and soul; regard with deeprespectandaffection.
- It is obvious to everyone that GerryadoresHeather.
- 1849,Thomas Babington Macaulay,chapter 5, inThe History of England from the Accession of James II,volume I, London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC,page388:
- The great mass of the population abhorred Popery andadoredMonmouth.
- Antonym:disdain
- To be veryfondof.
- 1907August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers,chapter II, inThe Younger Set,New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:
- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far…. Not that I don'tadoredinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
- (obsolete)Toadorn.
- 1596,Edmund Spenser,“Book IV, Canto XI”, inThe Faerie Queene.[…],London:[…][John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC:
- […]and likewise on her hed
A Chapelet of sundry flowers she wore,
From vnder which the deawy humour shed,
Did tricle downe her haire, like to thehore
Congealed litle drops, which doe the morneadore.
- Antonym:disdain
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]worship
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love with entire heart and soul
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Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlierardore,fromLatinardōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adoreinan
- energy,vital force
- Synonym:kemen
- courage
Declension
[edit]Declension ofadore(inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | adore | adorea | adoreak |
ergative | adorek | adoreak | adoreek |
dative | adoreri | adoreari | adoreei |
genitive | adoreren | adorearen | adoreen |
comitative | adorerekin | adorearekin | adoreekin |
causative | adorerengatik | adorearengatik | adoreengatik |
benefactive | adorerentzat | adorearentzat | adoreentzat |
instrumental | adorez | adoreaz | adoreez |
inessive | adoretan | adorean | adoreetan |
locative | adoretako | adoreko | adoreetako |
allative | adoretara | adorera | adoreetara |
terminative | adoretaraino | adoreraino | adoreetaraino |
directive | adoretarantz | adorerantz | adoreetarantz |
destinative | adoretarako | adorerako | adoreetarako |
ablative | adoretatik | adoretik | adoreetatik |
partitive | adorerik | — | — |
prolative | adoretzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “adore”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia
- “adore”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia[General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005
French
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[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
- inflection ofadorer:
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
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[edit]adore
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromFrenchadorer(“worship, adore”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin)IPA(key):/ˈa.do.re/,[ˈäd̪ɔrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA(key):/ˈa.do.re/,[ˈäːd̪ore]
- (Classical Latin)IPA(key):/aˈdoː.re/,[äˈd̪oːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA(key):/aˈdo.re/,[äˈd̪ɔːre]
Noun
[edit]adoreoradōren
Portuguese
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[edit]adore
Romanian
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[edit]adore
Spanish
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[edit]Verb
[edit]adore
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