adorest
adorest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of adore.
Meaning of adore
Verb
adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)
- To worship.
- Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Antonyms:
- disdain
- To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
- It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.
- Antonyms:
- disdain
- To be very fond of.
- "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- To adorn.
- […] and likewise on her hed
A Chapelet of sundry flowers she wore,
From vnder which the deawy humour shed,
Did tricle downe her haire, like to the hore
Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- […] and likewise on her hed
Origin of adorest
From adore + -est.
Questions about adorest
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- Adorest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of adore.
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