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adore

UK/əˈdɔː/ US/əˈdoɹ/ fairly common

verb

1.

love intensely

  • “he just adored his wife”

Origin

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“to pray to”), from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“to speak”).

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