noun
Passionate and tender devotion
Affection based on esteem
A lively and enduring interest
A beloved
love implies intense fondness or deep devotion and may apply to various relationships or objects sexual love, brotherly love, love of one's work; affection suggests warm, tender feelings, usually not as powerful or deep as those implied by lovehe has no affection for children; attachment implies connection by ties of affection, attraction, devotion, etc. and may be felt for inanimate things as well as for people an attachment to an old hat; infatuation implies a foolish or unreasoning passion or affection, often a transient one an elderly man's infatuation for a young girl
verb
To be passionately devoted
To express love by caresses
To possess a deep and abiding interest
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