adorate

English

Verb

adorate (third-person singular simple present adorates, present participle adorating, simple past and past participle adorated)

1. To worship, adore.
   • 1787, “The Bhagvat-Geeta”, in Charles Wilkins, transl., The English Review, or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, page 98:

     The Maharſhees, holy bands, hail thee, and glorify thy name with adorating praiſes.

   • 1866, Charles St. John, Edward J. Wood, Cosmo Innes, Natural History & Sport in Moray, page 237:

     In the other is depicted the Crucifixion of Christ, who is represented as suffering between the two thieves, while the Maries are adorating below.

   • 1992, Joost Hazenbos, The Organization of the Anatolian Local Cults During the Thirteenth Century B.C.: An Appraisal of the Hittite Cult Inventories, page 215:

     Five aspects of the cult easily adapt themselves to be measured, as they are treated often enough in the cult inventories: the number of gods adorated, […] .

   • 2005, Gary Clifford Gibson, Creation & Cosmos; the Literal Values of Genesis, page 155:

     In ancient times, and in modern times in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime, people were required, even unwillingly to adorate the main deity of a state religion as the government described it.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adorˈate/

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Adverb

adorate

1. present adverbial passive participle of adori

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adoˈrate/

Verb

adorate

1. adverbial present passive participle of adorar

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

adorate

1. inflection of adorare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

adorate f pl

1. feminine plural of adorato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.doːˈraː.te/, [äd̪oːˈräːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.doˈra.te/, [äd̪oˈräːt̪e]

Verb

adōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of adōrō

Spanish

Verb

adorate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of adorar combined with te