Entry Word: adore

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for <oh, Priscilla, my love, my all, how I adore you!> — see love 2
2 to love or admire too much <adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults> — see idolize
3 to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power <the Roman soldier was beheaded for adoring the Christian god> — see worship 1
4 to take pleasure in <I adore those earrings—wherever did you get them?> — see enjoy 1