What is "adore"

adore \a*dore"\ ([.a]*d[=o]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. adored ([.a]*d[=o]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. adoring ([.a]*d[=o]r"[i^]ng).] [OE. aouren, anouren, adoren, OF. aorer, adorer, F. adorer, fr. L. adorare; ad + orare to speak, pray, os, oris, mouth. In OE. confused with honor, the French prefix a- being confused with OE. a, an, on. See Oral.]

1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a deity or as divine.

   Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James II.] publicly adored.
   --Smollett.

2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.

   The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth.
   --Macaulay.

late 14c., aouren, "to worship, pay divine honors to, bow down before," from Old French aorer "to adore, worship, praise" (10c.), from Latin adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in Late Latin "to worship," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s; weakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s. Related: Adored; adoring.

vb. 1 To worship. 2 To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection. 3 To be very fond of. 4 (lb en obsolete) To adorn.

v. love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

Adore is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released in June 1998 by Virgin Records. After the multi-platinum success of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and a subsequent yearlong world tour, follow-up Adore was considered "one of the most anticipated albums of 1998" by MTV. Recording the album proved to be a challenge as the band members struggled with lingering interpersonal problems and musical uncertainty in the wake of three increasingly successful rock albums and the departure of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Frontman Billy Corgan would later characterize Adore as "a band falling apart".

The result was a much more subdued and electronica-tinged sound that Greg Kot of Rolling Stone magazine called "a complete break with the past". The album divided the fan base and sold only a fraction of the previous two albums. However, the album was well received by critics, and became the third straight Pumpkins album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. and has gained a cult following. A remastered and expanded version of the album was released on CD and vinyl in September 2014 as a part of the band's project to reissue their back catalogue from 1991–2000.

Adore is the third extended play (EP) and debut major-label release by English singer and songwriter Jasmine Thompson. It was released on 18 September 2015 by Atlantic Records. Adore serves as Thompson's first release after signing to the label earlier that year.

Adore may refer to:

• "Adore" (Cashmere Cat song), a 2015 single by Cashmere Cat featuring Ariana Grande
• "Adore" (Prince song), by Prince from his 1987 album Sign "O" the Times
• "Adore" (Jasmine Thompson song), a 2015 single by Jasmine Thompson from Adore
• Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album), 1998 album by American band The Smashing Pumpkins
• "Adore", a song by Bernd Maus & Thilo Stolle, featured on Miss Kittin's second DJ mix 2002 album Radio Caroline Vol.1
• Adore (Misako Odani album), 2005 album by Japanese singer/pianist Misako Odani
• Adore (film), a 2013 film directed by Anne Fontaine
• Adore, a love-themed Beanie Baby stuffed toy

"Adore" is a song by Prince. It is the last track on his 1987 double album Sign o' the Times, following the live track "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" (the crowd noise from which bleeds into the beginning of the song). A long, ornate slow jam featuring Atlanta Bliss and Eric Leeds on horns, it was described by NME reviewer Paolo Hewitt as "a sugar ballad that harks back to the Stylistics but is indelibly Prince's, a lush yet remarkable piece of music, and a fitting climax". It received significant radio play despite never being released as a single, and became an occasional part of Prince's concert repertoire. A 4:39-long edit of the song appears on the 1993 compilation album The Hits/The B-Sides, and the Girl 6 soundtrack album contains the full-length version. Prince's 2002 box set One Nite Alone... Live! includes a solo performance of "Adore" with piano accompaniment.

In 2010, users of AOL Radio voted "Adore" #2 on a ranked list of Prince's best songs.

"Adore" is a song recorded by Norwegian musician, producer, DJ and turntablist Cashmere Cat, sung by American singer Ariana Grande, for his upcoming debut studio album. It was written by Cashmere along with Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik, Jeremih Felton, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Darryl Simmons and Peder Losnegard. The song was released digitally on March 3, 2015 by Friends Keep Secrets Records and Interscope Records. Commercially, the song peaked at No. 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cashmere Cat's first appearance on that chart.

"Adore" is the second collaboration between Cashmere Cat and Grande, the first being the song "Be My Baby", from Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014). The song received its first performance on Grande's The Honeymoon Tour. USA Today ranked the song as one of the 50 best in 2015, writing, "Grande’s towering vocals have never sounded better than on this offbeat R&B track."

"Adore" is a song recorded by English vocalist Jasmine Thompson for her third extended play of the same name. The track was made available for digital download on June 12, 2015 through Atlantic Records. "Adore" was written by Steve Mac, Paul Gendler and Ina Wroldsen, while production was handled by Mac alone. The track peaked within the top 50 in both Italy and Belgium, ranking at number 34 and 41, respectively. Furthermore, the song has also charted at number 91 on the German Singles Chart. The recording gained major popularity in Italy, where it was certified Platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry for exceeding sales of 50,000 copies.