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IT THERE SUCH THING AS LOVE
What is love and were does it come from. The word love can be used 2 different ways. One is using it as a noun. It comes from Middle English, from Old English. It means strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties <maternal love for a child> : attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers : affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love for his old schoolmates> b : an assurance of love <give her my love> : warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion <love of the sea> a : the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration <baseball was his first love> b : a beloved person : DARLING ? often used as a term of endearment : British : ? used as an informal term of address a : unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1) : the fatherly concern of God for humankind: brotherly concern for others b : a person's adoration of God a god or personification of love an amorous episode : LOVE AFFAIR the sexual embrace : COPULATION a score of zero (as in tennis) capitalized Christian Science : GOD at love : holding one's opponent scoreless in tennis in love : inspired by affection The other way of using the word love is using it at a verb. And other words you can use is loved and loving. The verb word love means to hold dear : CHERISH a : to feel a lover's passion, devotion, or tenderness for b (1) : CARESS (2) : to fondle amorously : to copulate with : to like or desire actively : take pleasure in <loved to play the violin> : to thrive in <the rose loves sunlight> intransitive senses : to feel affection or experience desire Ask yourself how have you uses the word love today?
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