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aˈdorative, a.
[f. adōrāt- ppl. stem of adōrā-re to adore + -ive.]
Of or pertaining to adoration. Also, adoring.
1637S. Rutherford Lett. 179 (1862) I. 429 Not a formal thanksgiving but an annunciation or predication of Christ's death—concional, not adorative. 1855J. C. Jeaffreson in Fraser's Mag. LI. 559/2 Such is the boy's state of mind, adorative and confident. 1861Temple Bar III. 284, I always quitted the college amidst a commotion of adorative assurances. 1885J. C. Jeaffreson Real Shelley II. ix. 271 A tribute of adorative homage. |