v. Obs. Forms: 3–4 aoure, -ri, anuri, 3–5 anoure, 4–5 anowre. [repr. two OFr. vbs., 1. anore-r, anure-r, onure-r, onoure-r, also written honore-r, honure-r, honour-er:—L. honōrā-re to HONOUR. 2. aöre-r, aüre-r, aoure-r:—L. adōrā-re, later Fr. adorer, Eng. ADORE, of which the orig. adopted form a-oure was, by confusion of A- pref. 7 with A- pref. 2 (of which the full form was AN- pref. 1), expanded into an-oure; and, as the senses of honour and adore meet in that of worship, the two vbs. were completely identified in ME. For further confusion with ANORN, see that word. Before 1500 the Fr. forms were refashioned as hono(u)rer, ado(u)rer, and ado(u)rner, and the Eng. followed, as honour, ado(u)re, and ado(u)rn.] To ADORE, worship, reverence or honor.
c. 1250. Kent. Serm., in O. E. Misc., 26. Þet hi wolden gon for to hyne an-uri.
c. 1260. A Sarmun, in E. E. P. (1862), 6. Anouriþ god and holi chirch.
c. 1305. St. Kath., 32, ibid. 90. Þat here godes noþing nere · þat hi aourede hem to.
c. 1315. Shoreham, 96. Ȝif thou annourest God aryȝt.
1340. Ayenb., 135. Yef þou wilt lyerni God to bidde and to aouri ariȝte.
c. 1382. Wyclif, Gen. xix. i He … ȝede to mete with hem, and anourede [v.r. honowride; 1388 worschipide; Vulg. adoravit] bowide into the erthe.
a. 1400. Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS., 21. O blyssed Godd … þay anourene þe.
¶ By confusion with ANOURNE: To adorn, to deck.
c. 1440. Lonelich, Graal, I. 425. Ȝit was that schip … Anoured with diuers iowellis.
