| • | A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights
   or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another;
   affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. | 
											
															| • | Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
   affection for, one of the opposite sex. | 
											
															| • | Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to
   court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. | 
											
															| • | Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire;
   fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object. | 
											
															| • | Due gratitude and reverence to God. | 
											
															| • | The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
   address. | 
											
															| • | Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. | 
											
															| • | A thin silk stuff. | 
											
															| • | A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba). | 
											
															| • | Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting
   score at tennis, etc. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of
   one sex for the other. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To have the feeling of love; to be in love. |