Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Loving"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Love \Love\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Loving}.] [AS. lufian. ?. See {Love}, n.]
1. 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.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
--Matt. xxii.
37.

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. --Matt.
xxii. 39.

2. To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that
of one sex for the other.

3. 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.

Wit, eloquence, and poetry. Arts which I loved.
--Cowley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Loving \Lov"ing\, a.
1. Affectionate.

The fairest and most loving wife in Greece.
--Tennyson.

2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

loving
adj : feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents";
"loving glances" [ant: {unloving}]


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