cherishedadj.
/ˈtʃɛrɪʃt/ Held dear, tenderly cared for or fostered.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adjective] > that is treated with tenderness
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] > kept warm
cherishedc1440
stoveda1835
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > cultivated
gentle?1440
husbandly1550
tame1551
manured1562
domestical1578
sative1599
cherished1744
sativous1786
the mind > mental capacity > thought > [adjective] > entertained fondly
cherished1793
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 73 Chersydde [Phillipps cheryschyd], fotus.
?a1500 Assemble of Ladies 134 in J. Urry Chaucer A woman..And wel cherished.
1744 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons (new ed.) 202 The cherish'd Fields Put on their Winter-Robe, of purest White.
1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 15 In cherished sadness.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. xii He may thereby risk the continuance of cherished friendships.
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- ever umbestound
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- ever-abiding
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