cherish

Definitions


[ˈtʃɛrɪʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- protect and care for (someone) lovingly
(e.g: he needed a woman he could cherish)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘treat with affection’): from Old French cheriss-, lengthened stem of cherir, from cher ‘dear’, from Latin carus




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