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CHERISH

\t͡ʃˈɛɹɪʃ], \t‍ʃˈɛɹɪʃ], \tʃ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of CHERISH

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To hold dear; keep affectionately in the mind; treat with tenderness.
Cherisher.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To treat with affectionate care; to hold dear.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To care for kindly; entertain fondly; foster.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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