caress
/kəˈɹɛs/ verb C2- To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle. · She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.
- To affect as if with a caress.
He/she/it caresses · Past caressed · Past participle caressed · -ing form caressing
Verb forms
- Base form
- caress
- He/she/it
- caresses
- Past
- caressed
- Past participle
- caressed
- -ing form
- caressing
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It happened once that the young one which was caressed and loved was smothered by the too great affection of the Mother, while the despised one was nurtured and reared in spite of the neglect to which it was exposed.
She was secretly vastly pleased at Anne’s impulsive caress, which was probably the reason why she said brusquely:
“Oh, Diana, will you promise faithfully never to forget me, the friend of your youth, no matter what dearer friends may caress thee?”
“Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer had come to glorify me.” He lifted bundle after bundle in a tender, caressing sort of way.
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