Translation
to adore, to worship
Word origin
From Latin adorare, ad- ('to') plus orare ('to speak, to pray'). To adore was first to address a god aloud, which is why English oration and oracle sit on the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- adorare
- English cognates
- adore, adoration, oracle
Examples
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They worship one god.
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The grandfather adores his daughter.
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I adore the smell of fresh bread.
carries both the religious sense and the everyday exaggeration, exactly as English adore does, and the context decides which is meant. It is stronger than and much stronger than ; if you a dish you are not merely fond of it. The noun is adoro, and a means adorable in the sense of deserving that devotion.
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