cherish
/ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/ verb B1- To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
- To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear. · I cherish your friendship.· his long-cherished dream
He/she/it cherishes · Past cherished · Past participle cherished · -ing form cherishing
Verb forms
- Base form
- cherish
- He/she/it
- cherishes
- Past
- cherished
- Past participle
- cherished
- -ing form
- cherishing
From the library
Then, my son, return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows; and if I am wrong, still let me cherish these hopes, for I have no future to look forward to.
He cherished the thought of the duel, hoping to conceal its true cause even from his seconds.
de Villefort,” cried a beautiful young creature, daughter to the Comte de Salvieux, and the cherished friend of Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran, “do try and get up some famous trial while we are at Marseilles.
I shall cherish it forever among my choicest treasures.”
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