cherish
verbEtymology
From Middle English charish, cherishen (“to have affection for, hold dear, treat kindly; to esteem, respect; to cherish; to take care of; to greet; to entertain, treat hospitably; to cheer; to encourage, incite”), from Old French cheriss-, chieriss-, extended stem of cherir, chierir (“to cherish”) (modern French chérir (“to cherish”)), from cher, chier (“dear, dearest”) (from Latin cārus (“beloved, dear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”)) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of second conjugation verbs).
Definitions
To treat with affection, care, and tenderness
To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
To have a deep appreciation of
To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.
- I cherish your friendship.
- his long-cherished dream
To cheer, to gladden.
- And by the way, as was her wonted guize, / Her merry fitt ſhee freſhly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her ſelfe to cheriſh, and her gueſt to cheare: […]
- The webbe of our life, is of a mingled yarne, good / and ill together: our vertues would bee proud, if our faults / whipt them not, and our crimes would diſpaire if they / were not cheriſh'd by our vertues.
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A female given name.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA