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Love

Love is a several quite different combinations of emotions, cognitions, and behaviors that can be involved intimate relationships.

Webster Dictionary Meaning

1. 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.
- Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
- Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
- Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
- Due gratitude and reverence to God.
- The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address.
- Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
- A thin silk stuff.
- A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).
- Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.
- 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.
- To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
- 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.
2. Love
- To have the feeling of love; to be in love.
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