Love
Love (luv) , noun
[Old English love, luve, Anglo-Saxon lufe, lufu; akin to English lief, believe, Latin lubet, libet, it pleases, Sanskrit lubh to be lustful. See Lief.]
1.
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.
Of all the dearest bonds we prove
Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own.
2.
Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his side
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored.
3.
Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, that is, to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius...
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul.
4.
Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
5.
Due gratitude and reverence to God.
Keep yourselves in the love of God.
6.
The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading.
Trust me, love.
Open the temple gates unto my love.
7.
Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
8.
A thin silk stuff. [Obsolete] — Boyle
9.
(Botany) A climbing species of Clematis (Clematis Vitalba).
10.
Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love.
11.
Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc.
Love (luv) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon lufian. r124. See Love, n.]
1.
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.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.
2.
To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
3.
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.
Wit, eloquence, and poetry.
Arts which I loved.
Love , intransitive verb
To have the feeling of love; to be in love.