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单词 treasure
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treasuren.

Brit. /ˈtrɛʒə/, U.S. /ˈtrɛʒər/
Forms: Middle English–1500s tresor, Middle English–1500s tresur, tresour, Middle English–1500s tresore, tresoure, Middle English tresowre, treser, Middle English–1500s tresure, Middle English treysour, treasoure, Middle English–1500s treasour, 1500s treasor, 1500s– treasure. (Also Middle English trissor, Middle English–1500s tressour, 1600s treassour; Middle English thresur, Middle English–1500s thresour, thresoure, 1500s threasour, threasure.)
Etymology: In 12th cent. tresor , < Old French tresor (11th cent. in Littré) < popular Latin of Gaul *trēsaurus for classical Latin thēsaurus (whence Provencal thesaur , Old Catalan tesor , Spanish tesoro , Italian tesoro , Portuguese thesouro ), < Greek θησαυρός treasure. Compare the Scottish thesaur n.
1.
a. Wealth or riches stored or accumulated, esp. in the form of precious metals; gold or silver coin; hence in general, money, riches, wealth. Usually collective, without article or plural.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > hoarded wealth > treasure
treasure1154
garrison1297
treasury1297
scat1481
thesaur1491
costliness1535
wealth-store1891
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1137 (Laud) He hadde get his tresor ac he to deld it & scatered sotlice.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 120 Þe bereð tresor openliche in þe wei þet is ful of..þeoues.
c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 321 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 338 Thurfte him noht seke tresor so fer.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24807 Wit triffor [Coll. Phys. tresori] son his scipp was tift.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 16534 He kest þaim dune apon þe grund, threti penis þar fell. [B]ot þe iuus..þe thresur [Fairf. tresour] forsok þai noght.
1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 31/2 Linus and..Cletus..were made to mynyster the treasoure of the chyrche to the people.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 44 Where a mans threasure ys there is his hart.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) i. 11 To flie my severe Country, Turn all into treasure.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 71 A Man that..look'd upon five or six of those Pieces to be a great Treasure.
1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 23 Gold is Treasure as well as Silver, because it decays not in keeping, and never sinks much in its value.
1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 50 Some stones..preserve and increase treasure; others cure diseases.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 152 Goods, and jewels, and all kind of treasure.
b. plural in same sense.
Π
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 98 Now is Henry..lord of mykelle þing, & riche man of tresours.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 184 To take and yeve right nought ageyne, And gret tresouris up to leyne.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 108 The resseyuours of the tresours royall.
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 9 Greate Cities, Townes, Temples, and threasures.
1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 42/2 The treasures of the once celebrated bank of Amsterdam..were kept in the vaults below the building.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 4 The last coin out of all their treasures.
c. figurative.
Π
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xviii. 22 Sille thou alle..and ȝyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene.
1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed x. 128 The Treasure of the Church,.., are the Merits and Satisfactions of Christ and his Saints.
†d. A store or stock of anything valuable. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > that which is stored or a store > of anything valuable
hoard937
treasurea1382
cimelia1664
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xli. 8 Wee han tresor in the feld, of whete, and of barly, and of oile, and of hony.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. v. 217 The Creator hath furnished the Weast Indies with so great a treasure of silver.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 55 A Treasure of central Fire, that manifests itself by the Vents of the Vulcanos.
†e. = treasure-trove n. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > an acquisition or gain > treasure trove
treasure found1467
findal1524
treasure-trove1550
treasure1602
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 16 A treasure properly is, when money or things of good value haue lyen from time out of minde hidden in the ground, so that no man now hath propertie in it.
f. treasure found: see treasure-trove n. b.
2. transferred and figurative. Anything valued and preserved as precious; also of a person, a ‘jewel’, ‘gem’ (colloquial); also as an affectionate term of address.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > thing of worth
treasurec1200
margaritea1325
druery1340
store1410
relica1425
gemc1560
Jew's eye1593
worthy1598
wealth1650
gold dust1690
nugget1853
white gold1921
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person
gemc1275
blooma1300
excellence1447
mirrorc1450
man of mena1470
treasure?1545
paragon1548
shining light1563
Apollo's swan?1592
man of wax1597
rara avis1607
Titan1611
choice spirita1616
excellency1725
inestimable1728
inimitable1751
cock of the walk1781
surpasser1805
shiner1810
swell1816
trump1819
tip-topper1822
star1829
beauty1832
soarer1895
trumph1895
pansy1899
Renaissance man1906
exemplum virtutis1914
museum piece1920
superman1925
flyer1930
pistol1935
all-star1949
the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun]
darlingc888
the apple of a person's eyeeOE
lief971
light of one's eye(s)OE
lovedOE
my lifelOE
lovec1225
druta1240
chere1297
sweetc1330
popelotc1390
likinga1393
oninga1400
onlepya1400
belovedc1430
well-beloved1447
heart-rootc1460
deara1500
delicate1531
belove1534
leefkyn1540
one and only1551
fondling1580
dearing1601
precious1602
loveling1606
dotey1663
lovee1753
passion1783
mavourneen1800
dote1809
treasure1844
seraph1853
sloe1884
darlint1888
asthore1894
darl1930
the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]
darlingc888
belamy?c1225
culver?c1225
dearc1230
sweetheartc1290
heartc1300
sweetc1330
honeya1375
dovec1386
jewelc1400
birdc1405
cinnamonc1405
honeycombc1405
lovec1405
wantonc1450
mulling?a1475
daisyc1485
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
honeysop?a1513
powsowdie?a1513
suckler?a1513
foolc1525
buttinga1529
whitinga1529
beautiful1534
turtle-dove1535
soula1538
heartikin1540
bully?1548
turtle1548
lamba1556
nyletc1557
sweet-lovea1560
coz1563
ding-ding1564
pugs1566
golpol1568
sparling1570
lover1573
pug1580
bulkin1582
mopsy1582
chuck1589
bonny1594
chick1594
sweetikin1596
ladybird1597
angel1598
muss1598
pinkany1599
sweetkin1599
duck1600
joy1600
sparrowc1600
sucket1605
nutting1606
chuckaby1607
tickling1607
bagpudding1608
heartling1608
chucking1609
dainty1611
flittermouse1612
honeysuckle1613
fubs1614
bawcocka1616
pretty1616
old thinga1625
bun1627
duckling1630
bulchin1633
bulch?c1640
sweetling1648
friscoa1652
ding-dongs1662
buntinga1668
cocky1680
dearie1681
chucky1683
lovey1684
machree1689
nykin1693
pinkaninny1696
nug1699
hinny1724
puss1753
pet1767
dovey1769
sweetie1778
lovey-dovey1781
lovely1791
ducky1819
toy1822
acushla1825
alanna1825
treat1825
amigo1830
honey child1832
macushla1834
cabbage1840
honey-bunch1874
angel pie1878
m'dear1887
bach1889
honey baby1895
prawn1895
hon1896
so-and-so1897
cariad1899
pumpkin1900
honey-bun1902
pussums1912
snookums1919
treasure1920
wogger1922
amico1929
sugar1930
baby cake1949
angel cake1951
lamb-chop1962
petal1974
bae2006
c1200 Vices & Virt. 135 Þat derworðe tresor, þat is, ðe hali gast.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxv. 11 I am rych in gostly tresoure.
?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. Biii A seruaūt to suffre swageth angre to his mayster is tresure.
1611 W. Mure Misc. Poems i. 79 To losse ane Infinit and endles treassour.
1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) xxxii. 393 A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found such an one, hath found a Treasure.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 267 Let me then comfort myself with the large treasure of Johnson's conversation which I have preserved.
1810 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 18 My month nurse, a treasure, and the most respectable of dames.
1844 A. B. Welby Poems (1867) 97 Our treasures are this little boy, contentment, peace, and health.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 60 The fine house and its treasures.
1920 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 31 Oct. (1977) 194 But, my treasure, my life is ours. You know it.
1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 40 Next week, treasure, we're going to make a cruise... Go and buy yourself some clothes.
†3. A treasury; a treasure-house, a treasure-chest. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun]
treasuryc1290
coffer1377
treasure1426
hoard-housec1440
treasure-house1486
thesaurhouse1488
thesaurer house1489
thesaurary house1495
gold housea1500
thesaurary1592
reconditory1633
thesaurya1639
thesaurus1823
chancery1842
trove1976
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xv. 18 Al the siluer and gold, that lafte in the tresours [v.r. tresories] of the hows of the Lord.]
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 8837 She tooke [hem] ful lowly..And in hyr tresour vp hem layde.
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 782/5 Hoc gazophilacium, a tresure.
1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviiv Why can you neuer finde a time of leasure, To se where the treasure will finde them workinge.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 350 In the Quinȝehous or in the Kingis tresour.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a.
treasure-box n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chest
gazophylacium1377
gazophilacec1400
treasure-coffer1610
strongbox1684
treasure-chest1849
treasure-box1876
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxxii. 260 It was the treasure box..along with an empty powder keg, a couple of guns in leather cases,..a leather belt, and some other rubbish.
1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 130 The robbers then rifled the treasure-box, and rode off delighted with their booty.
treasure-chamber n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber
aumbry1356
treasure-chambera1547
vestry1574
treasury-vault1661
strongroom1676
treasure-vault1813
safety vault1833
treasury-chamber1852
treasure-room1880
a1547 in J. R. Boyle Early Hist. Town & Port of Hedon (1895) App. p. lxxx Foure keys belonging the tresasor [sic] chambere.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xiii. 306 Having carefully locked his treasure-chamber, the wealthy Fleming next conveyed his guest to the parlour.
treasure-chest n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chest
gazophylacium1377
gazophilacec1400
treasure-coffer1610
strongbox1684
treasure-chest1849
treasure-box1876
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxiv. 228 [She] had quite a little museum of locks of hair in her treasure-chest.
1895 Daily News 23 Nov. 7/1 The treasure chests [for the Ashanti war] consist of heavy iron safes filled with specie..packed at the Bank of England.
treasure-coffer n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chest
gazophylacium1377
gazophilacec1400
treasure-coffer1610
strongbox1684
treasure-chest1849
treasure-box1876
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 105 Roman mony..in treasure-coffers.
treasure-digger n.
treasure-galleon n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying other cargoes
stone-boatc1336
ballast boat1665
mast ship1666
luggage-boat1720
hide-drogher1841
oil ship1851
blubber-boat1884
slate-galiot1887
nitre ship1896
treasure-galleon1898
treasure-ship1900
1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 51 Seen like some rare treasure-galleon, Hull down, with masts against the Western hues.
treasure-giver n.
treasure-guard n.
Π
1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. vi Three months ago he was commanding a treasure-guard—a cart full of rupees to pay troops with—five thousand rupees in silver.
treasure hoard n.
treasure-hunter n.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for treasure > one who
treasure-hunter1851
treasure-seeker1890
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxviii. 380 He proceeds very heedfully, like a treasure-hunter in some old house, sounding the walls to find where the gold is masoned in.
1898 Folk-Lore 9 17 At Sidon, the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus was found by a treasure-hunter.
1983 S. Vizinczey Innocent Millionaire xiii. 111 Maybe I was meant to be a treasure-hunter.
treasure-hunting n.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for treasure
treasure-hunting1862
treasure-hunt1913
1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 409 The great secret of treasure-hunting is to hold your tongue.
treasure-hutch n.
Π
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxviiiv Graunt me lady..(o holy tresour huche of god) one halfe farthynge to cast in to thy laude & prayse.
treasure-keeper n.
† treasure-lack n. Obsolete
Π
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aiiv One with treasure lack, his life framed.
treasure-room n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber
aumbry1356
treasure-chambera1547
vestry1574
treasury-vault1661
strongroom1676
treasure-vault1813
safety vault1833
treasury-chamber1852
treasure-room1880
1880 Archaeologia Cantiana 13 455 It may have been a strong treasure-room.
treasure-seeker n.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for treasure > one who
treasure-hunter1851
treasure-seeker1890
1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough II. iv. 367 The treasure-seeker places the rod on the ground after sundown, and when it rests directly over treasure, the rod begins to move as if it were alive.
1982 ‘C. Aird’ Last Respects viii. 81 There are treasure-seekers, Inspector, who would..not care that they were destroying priceless marine archaeology.
treasure-ship n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying other cargoes
stone-boatc1336
ballast boat1665
mast ship1666
luggage-boat1720
hide-drogher1841
oil ship1851
blubber-boat1884
slate-galiot1887
nitre ship1896
treasure-galleon1898
treasure-ship1900
1900 H. Barbie In Mod. Spain 25 Many of her treasure-ships may have found their way to English ports.
treasure-store n.
treasure sword n.
Π
1892 J. Earle Deeds of Beowulf 160 The grand treasure-sword had been left behind.
treasure trail n.
Π
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) II. iii. 269 I hunted on the treasure-trail.
treasure-vault n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber
aumbry1356
treasure-chambera1547
vestry1574
treasury-vault1661
strongroom1676
treasure-vault1813
safety vault1833
treasury-chamber1852
treasure-room1880
1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 278 To Rokeby treasure-vaults! they quaffed, And shouted loud and wildly laughed.
b.
treasure-baited adj.
treasure-bearing adj.
treasure-laden adj.
C2.
treasure-city n. a city in which supplies were stored.
ΘΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > city where supplies were stored
corn-city1535
store-city1611
treasure-city1611
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. i. 11 And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses. View more context for this quotation
treasure-flower n. local name of a South African composite flowering plant of the genus Gazania, esp. the species G. Pavonia, the peacock treasure-flower.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > other composite flowers
ox-eyea1400
starwort?a1450
Jupiter's beard1567
goldenrod1568
achillea1597
blue camomile1597
blue daisy1597
cineraria1597
hog's bean1597
jackanapes on horseback1597
sea-starwort1597
sultan flower1629
mouse-ear1696
aster1706
Canada goldenrod1731
ageratum1737
rudbeckia1751
coreopsis1753
melampodium1754
Aaron's rod1760
zinnia1761
Michaelmas daisy1767
China aster1785
New England aster1785
catananche1798
sea-aster1812
cosmea1813
cosmos1813
gazania1813
erigeron1815
gousblom1822
Christmas daisy1829
rhodanthe1834
tassel-flower1836
ligularia1839
old maid1839
mountain daisy1848
purple coneflower1848
acroclinium1852
sea ox-eye1856
thimble-weed1860
helipterum1862
treasure-flower1866
Swan River daisy1873
blanket flower1879
cone-flower1879
blue marguerite1882
Solidago1883
yellow-top1887
Gaillardia1888
gerbera1889
youth and old age1889
pussytoes1892
niggerhead1893
Transvaal daisy1899
Barberton daisy1906
onion grass1909
ursinia1928
Cupid's dart1930
Livingstone daisy1932
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Treasure-flower, Gazania.
treasure-hunt n. a hunt for treasure; frequently figurative and transferred a game in which hidden objects are searched for, often by following a trail of clues.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for treasure
treasure-hunting1862
treasure-hunt1913
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others
sitisota1400
papsea1450
half-bowl1477
pluck at the crow1523
white and black1555
running game1581
blow-pointa1586
hot cocklesa1586
one penny1585
cockelty bread1595
pouch1600
venter-point1600
hinch-pinch1603
hardhead1606
poor and rich1621
rowland-hoe1622
hubbub1634
handicap?a1653
owl1653
ostomachy1656
prelledsa1660
quarter-spellsa1660
yert-point1659
bob-her1702
score1710
parson has lost his cloak1712
drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754
French Fox1759
goal1765
warpling o' the green1768
start1788
kiss-in-the-ring1801
steal-clothes1809
steal-coat1816
petits paquets1821
bocce1828
graces1831
Jack-in-the-box1836
hot hand1849
sparrow-mumbling1852
Aunt Sally1858
gossip1880
Tambaroora1882
spoof1884
fishpond1892
nim1901
diabolo1906
Kim's game1908
beaver1910
treasure-hunt1913
roll-down1915
rock scissors paper1927
scissors cut paper1927
scissors game1927
the dozens1928
toad in the hole1930
game1932
scissors paper stone1932
Roshambo1936
Marco Polo1938
scavenger hunt1940
skish1940
rock paper scissors1947
to play chicken1949
sounding1962
joning1970
arcade game1978
1913 J. Vaizey College Girl xii. 166 I was thinking..of a treasure hunt!..lots of presents, stowed away in odd corners.
1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor (1920) vi. 58 A treasure-hunt has a glamour of its own.
1939 T. S. Eliot Family Reunion ii. ii. 110 You have a long journey... Think of it as like a children's treasure hunt.
1977 M. Green Children of Sun (rev. ed.) 22 One of those Twenties' treasure hunts, in which people drove..across all England, in search of some otherwise unprocurable item.
Treasure State n. U.S. slang the State of Montana.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Montana
Treasure State1934
1934 M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang 412 Treasure State, Montana.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 20 June 6- c/1 A solid century of mining has failed to put much of a dent in the state's gold, silver, copper and coal reserves. So the slogan, ‘Treasure State’, which used to grace Montana license plates, is still appropriate.
treasure-wheat n. see 1590. See also treasure-house n., treasure-trove n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > payment made in specific way > in wheat
treasure-wheat1590
1590 in Acts Privy Council (1899) XIX. 117 Certaine wheats (called the threasour wheats) belonging to everie church within that Island [Jersey].
1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 66 The trésors, which are certain rents anciently given for the repairs..to the churches..but have..been employed to uses merely secular.]

Draft additions March 2019

treasure trail n. slang (chiefly North American) a narrow line of body hair leading from the navel down to the genital region.
ΚΠ
1988 First Hand Apr. 120/2 After removing his shirt completely, l set my sights on his treasure trail, licking my way into the waistband of his..shorts.
1997 L. Lucaire H. Stern A to Z 167 She has a ‘treasure trail’—brown hair going from her belly button to her love zone.
2011 Time Out N.Y. 12 May 95/1 He pulls his shirt up and down while rubbing his fingers on his chest and treasure trail, and then gropes his erection.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

treasurev.

Etymology: < treasure n. In Wyclif rendering thēsaurizāre of the Vulgate.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtreasure.
1.
a. transitive. To put away or lay aside (anything of value) for preservation, security, or future use; to hoard or store up. Often to treasure up.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > as something valued
hoard1340
treasurea1382
thesaurize1594
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxix. 6 Alle thingus..that ben in thin hous, and that thi fadris han tresored.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Baruch iii. 16 Wher ben the princes..that siluer tresoren and gold?
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 374 Some thought, it mounted to the Lunar Sphere, Since all that Man e'er lost, is treasur'd there.
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. ii. i. 281 Taking a Cheshire cheese from a locker, where it had been carefully treasured up for this occasion.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Ginevra in Posthumous Poems (1824) 233 As if the future and the past were all Treasured i' the instant.
†b. absol. To lay up treasure. (A literalism of translation.) Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > be stored [verb (intransitive)] > store > store as something valued
treasurea1382
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. iii. 5 As he that tresoreth, so and he that wrshepith his moder.
2. figurative. To keep in store, lay up (e.g. in the mind, in memory).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > retain in the memory [verb (transitive)]
i-mune971
to have (also bear, keep, hold, etc.) in minda1200
withholdc1200
membera1382
treasure1382
demeanc1460
mindc1460
retain1474
keep1574
to take (a thing) with one1577
carry1583
weara1586
the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > retain in the memory [verb (transitive)] > remember to do
treasure1382
rememberc1430
minda1642
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James v. 3 Ȝe han tressourid to ȝou wrath in the laste dayes.
1482 Monk of Evesham 61 The whyche..tresur to hem..the wrathe of owre sauyur ihesu cryste.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes ii. §12. 148 God doth sometimes treasure up the sinnes of predecessours.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 239 To acquire and treasure up a large Store of Ideas and Notions.
1853 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey (new ed.) v. xi. 192 The ladies would treasure their energies for the impending ball.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 169 I..Bid thee again and again in thy memory treasure the theme.
†3. To furnish or endow with treasures; to supply with treasure, to enrich. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > accumulate wealth [verb (transitive)] > make rich > supply with treasure
enrich1578
treasure1609
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets vi. sig. B2 Treasure thou some place, With beautits [sic] treasure.
1622 J. Taylor Mem. All Eng. Monarchs ii. sig. E2v By a heauy taxe the King was treasur'd.
4. To hold or keep as precious; to cherish, prize.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > treat with tenderness or hold dear [verb (transitive)]
cherishc1320
treasure1907
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 403 Treasured as his most precious possessions.
1911 J. A. MacCulloch Relig. Anc. Celts xiv. 221 A feather was left at each house and carefully treasured.

Derivatives

treasured adj. /ˈtrɛʒəd/ stored, hoarded up, highly valued.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective]
dearc888
dearworthc888
worthlyeOE
oughtsOE
worthfulOE
aughtOE
richa1225
gildenc1225
of pricea1325
worthya1325
of (‥) valourc1330
prow1340
dearworthyc1374
of value1395
pricefula1400
presc1400
singularc1400
goldena1425
well-foundc1475
valiant1481
prized1487
prowousa1500
valuable1567
prizable1569
valorous1592
suit-worth1594
bully1600
estimable1600
treasurable1607
treasurous?1611
treasured1675
pearly1770
at a premium1828
keep-worthy1830
good value1842
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 188 Wrath to come, is Treasured up Wrath.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 359 The Phrygian Queen to her rich Wardrobe went, Where treasur'd Odors breath'd a costly Scent.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 434 To give him a grating of our treasured potatoes.
ˈtreasuring n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > storing something valued
treasuring1602
1602 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1896) I. 232 Every baker or brewer, for stewarding and treasuringe, must, by this newe device, be made equall with you.
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