Thesaurus: cherish
To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
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Definitions
- v. t. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
- v. t. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
- v. be fond of; be attached to
- 1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thess. ii. 7. 2. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle. To cherish virtue and humanity. Burke. Syn. -- To nourish; foster; nurse; nurture; entertain; encourage; comfort; protect; support; See Nurture.
- v:100 v be fond of; be attached to