Verb

(ador)

To worship.

*(Tobias Smollett) (1721–1771)

*:Bishops and priests,bearing the host, which he [James] publicly adored .

To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

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* (1800-1859)

*:The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth.

To be very fond of.

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*:"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 places."

(lb) To adorn.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:Like to the hore / Congealed drops, which do the morn adore .

Verb

(en verb)

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

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To have the use or benefit of something.

* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8

that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers

* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays

This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.

To have sexual intercourse with.

(Milton)