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a·dore  (-dôr, -dr)

v. a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores

v.tr.

1. To worship as God or a god.

2. To regard with deep, often rapturous love. See Synonyms at revere¹.

3. To like very much: adores mink coats.

v.intr.

To worship.

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[Middle English adouren, from Old French adourer, from Latin adrre, to pray to : ad-, ad- + rre, to pray.]

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a·dorer n.

a·doring·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

adorer - someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers" admirer lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone fancier, enthusiast - a person having a strong liking for something suer, suitor, wooer - a man who courts a woman; "a suer for the hand of the princess" worshiper, worshipper - someone who admires too much to recognize faults

Translations

adorer

n

(= worshipper) → Anbeter(in) m(f)

(= admirer) → Verehrer(in) m(f), → Bewunderer m, → Bewunderin f