adore

v. t.	1.	To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a deity or as divine. [imp. & p. p. adored (å*dōrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. adoring (å*dōr"ĭng).] Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James II.] 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 Monmouth. - Macaulay.
	1.	To adorn. Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. - Spenser.

Verb

1.

adore - love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

accord respect to, admire, adulate, affection, apotheosize, appreciate, bask in, be pleased with, coddle, dearly love, defer to, deify, delight in, derive pleasure from, devour, do homage to, do service, dote, dote on, eat up, enjoy, entertain respect for, exalt, extol, fancy, favor, feast on, freak out on, get high on, gloat over, groove on, hallow, hero-worship, hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, indulge, indulge in, laud, like, look up to, love to distraction, luxuriate in, pamper, pay homage to, praise, prize, regard, rejoice in, relish, revel in, reverence, riot in, savor, smack the lips, spoil, swim in, take pleasure in, think highly of, think much of, think well of, treasure, value, wallow in, worship

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