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To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.

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  1. v. t. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.
  2. v. t. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.
  3. v. t. To adorn.
  4. v. love intensely
  5. 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 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. To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.
  6. To adorn. [Obs.]Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.