love
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.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 14 July 2020 {12:44 AM}
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.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 14 July 2020 {12:44 AM}