† fotiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Cherishing, warming.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > affectionately or tenderly
chere1393
fotive1634
cherishing1689
1634 T. Carew Cœlum Britanicum 15 If I not cherish them With..fotive heat, They know no vegetation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
adj.1634- to hold, keep a thing dern
- to hold, keep dern
- to hold, keep in suspense
- to hold, keep tack
- to hold, keep tryst
- to hold, keep war or wars
- to hold, keep ward
- to hold, keep wedlock
- to hold, keep, break covenant
- to hold, keep, owe, swear fay
- to hold, keep, owe, swear one's fay
- to hold, lay in wage
- to hold, pull, shake, take, etc, by the sleeve
- to hold, rarely have, tack with
- to hold, rarely have, tack with to
- to hole below the waterline
- to hole beneath the waterline
- to hole in one
- to hole out
- to hole out in one
- to hole to a house of water
- to hole to the house of water
- to hole up
- to holler uncle
- to home