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Adore Moderate

Adore has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

love intensely

"he just adored his wife"

2

To worship.

"The pilgrims traveled across the desert to adore their deity at the holy shrine."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
love
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fetishize idolize

Origin

The word "adore" comes from the Latin verb adoro, which means "I pray to." It is formed by combining the prefix ad- meaning "to" with oro meaning "I speak."

Rhyming Words
ore nore yore core tore vore sore fore dore more kore wore bore pore gore hore lore rore prore whore
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