| Self-love |
The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. |
n. |
| Sickness |
The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. |
n. |
| Sickness |
Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. |
n. |
| Free-love |
The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
n. |
| Light-o'-love |
An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. |
n. |
| Light-o'-love |
Hence: A light or wanton woman. |
n. |
| Love |
A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. |
n. |
| Love |
Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. |
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| Love |
Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. |
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| Love |
Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object. |
n. |
| Love |
Due gratitude and reverence to God. |
n. |
| Love |
The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. |
n. |
| Love |
Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. |
n. |
| Love |
A thin silk stuff. |
n. |
| Love |
A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba). |
n. |
| Love |
Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. |
n. |
| Love |
To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God. |
n. |
| Love |
To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other. |
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| Love |
To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures. |
n. |
| Love |
To have the feeling of love; to be in love. |
v. i. |