v. t. To adorn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. adored p. pr. & vb. n. adoring ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [ James II. ] publicly adored. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of adoring; adoration. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer. “An adorer of truth.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. bandurria, fr. L. pandura, pandurium, a musical instrument of three strings, fr. Gr. pandoy^ra a three-stringed musical instrument. Cf. Pandore, Banjo, Mandolin. ] A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore. It is now obsolete, but see bandura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as battledoor.
Syn. -- battledore and shuttlecock. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. a corruption of commander, or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a commandery; also a superior of a monastery, fr. LL. commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command, Commander. ] 1. (U. S. Navy) An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (British Navy) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dory. ] (Zool.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dorée, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A doorpost. [ Obs. ] “As dead as a doretree.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] Lit., gilded youth; young people of wealth and fashion, esp. if given to prodigal living; -- in the French Revolution, applied to young men of the upper classes who aided in suppressing the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Mandolin, and Bandore. ] (Mus.) A kind of four-stringed lute. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. matador, prop., a killer, fr. matar to kill, L. mactare to sacrifice, kill. ] 1. The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights; a bullfighter; a toreador. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Card Playing) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Lady Tricksey played a four,
You took it with a matadore. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Skat ] The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pg. moeda d'ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. Money, and Aureate. ] A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Bandore. ] An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. [ Written also pandora, pandoura. pandure, and pandoran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. proveedor. See Proveditor. ] A proveditor; a purveyor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Busied with the duties of a provedore. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Provedore. ] One who makes provision; a purveyor. [ R. ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. estivador a packer, a stower, fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress, probably akin to E. stiff. See Stiff, Stive to stuff. ] One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corrupt. of window; or perh. coined on the wrong assumption that window is from wind + door. ] A window. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]