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VERB:

1. to have love or affection for:
All her pupils love her.

2. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).

3. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in:
to love music.

4. to need or require; benefit greatly from; to thrive in:
Plants love sunlight; the roses love sunlight.

5. to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.

6. to have love or affection for another person; (to) be in love.

7. to have a great attachment to and affection for.

8. to have passionate desire, longing, and feelings for.

9. to like or desire (to do something) very much.

10. to hold dear; cherish.

11. to feel a lover's passion, devotion, or tenderness for.

12. to like or desire actively; take pleasure in:
loved to play the violin.

13. to feel affection or experience desire.

Origin:

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English lufu, cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic lubō; (v.) Middle English lov(i)en, Old English lufian; cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High German lubōn to love, Latin lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to lief. Old English lufu; related to Old High German luba; compare also Latin libēre (originally lubēre) to please. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: before the 12th century. History and Etymology: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English lēof dear, Latin lubēre, libēre to please. —Merriam-Webster.

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Updated: 14 July 2020 {12:44 AM}

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