adore

/ə-ˈdȯr/

Middle English aouren, adouren, borrowed from Anglo-French aurer, ahourer, adourer (with d restored from Latin), going back to Latin adōrāre "to plead with, appeal to, approach (a god) as a suppliant or worshipper, treat with reverence, admire," from ad- ad-ōrāre "to pray to, beseech"

verb

  1. to worship or honor as a deity or as divine

  2. to regard with loving admiration and devotion

  3. to be very fond of

revere reverence venerate worship adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling. reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.