adore

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We will His name adore,

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  1. transitive verb To worship as God or a god.
  2. transitive verb To regard with deep, often rapturous love. See Synonyms at revere1.
  3. transitive verb To like very much: adores mink coats.

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  1. Middle English adouren, from Old French adourer, from Latin adōrāre, to pray to : ad-, ad- + ōrāre, to pray.

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  1. from Middle English adouren, from Old French adourer, adorer (earlier Middle English aouren, from Old French aourer, aürer, aörer), modern F. adorer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese adorar = Italian adorare, adore, from Latin adorare, speak to, address, beseech, pray to, adore, worship, from ad, to, + orare, speak, pray, from os (ōr-), the mouth: see oral.
  2. A poetical perversion of adorn; perhaps only in the two passages quoted.
 

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/əˈdoʊr/
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