Love \Love\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Loving.]
[AS. lufian. ?. 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.
--Matt. xxii.
37.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. --Matt.
xxii. 39.
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.
--Cowley.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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