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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•u•late /ˈædʒəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to admire or flatter too much:fans adulating a rock star.
ad•u•la•tion /ˌædʒəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]ad•u•la•tor, n. [countable] ad•u•la•to•ry /ˈædʒələˌtɔri/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•u•late (aj′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- Latin adūlātiōn- (stem of adūlātiō) servile flattery, fawning, equivalent. to adūlāt(us), past participle of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), apparently a nominal derivative, with ad- ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -iōn- -ion
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- back formation from adulation, Middle English 1770–80
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