A*dore", v. t. To adorn.
[Obs.]
Congealed little drops which do the morn adore.
Spenser.
A*dore" (?), 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 deity
or as divine.
Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James
?.] publicly adored.
Smollett.
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 Montouth.
Macaulay.