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v. To treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear: cherish one's family; fine rugs that are cherished by their owners.

v. To keep fondly in mind; entertain: cherish a memory. See Synonyms at appreciate.

v. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

v. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

v. To cheer, gladden.

v. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

v. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote.

To hold as dear; treat with tenderness and affection; foster; nurture; support and encourage; shelter fondly; nurse; caress.

To indulge and encourage in the mind; harbor; cling to: as, to cherish forgiveness; to cherish revenge.

To give physical comfort or pleasure to; invigorate; strengthen; warm; hence, to provide for; entertain hospitably.

Synonyms Foster, Cherish, Harbor. “To foster is to sustain and nourish with care and effort. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear. To harbor is to provide with shelter and protection, so as to give opportunity for working to something that might be and often ought to be excluded.”

v. be fond of; be attached to

"I cannot sit idly by, while the way of life that I cherish is defiled."

cherished    cherishes    cherishing   

love   

caress    love    entertain    preserver   

yearn   

support    encourage    nurse    comfort    foster    nurture    nourish    entertain    protect    indulge   

Parrish    barish    bearish    garish    marish    parish    perish