love match

noun

a marriage entered into for love alone.

Origin of love match

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby love match

lovelock, lovelorn, lovely, Love makes the world go `round, lovemaking, love match, love nest, love potion, lover, love rat, loverly

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Example sentences from the Web for love match

That it was a love-match on one side, the words of Vane Charteris have assured us.
Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
It was a love-match, and, therefore, a popular event all over the land.
The Portland Peerage Romance|Charles J. Archard
The Randolphs' love-match had been regarded as establishing a sort of standard of excellence.
The Real Adventure|Henry Kitchell Webster
Never leaves her; theirs was a love-match; you must have seen them.
Chicot the Jester|Alexandre Dumas, Pere

It was a love-match of stolen wooing and secret wedding,—but, ha!
In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II|Various

British Dictionary definitions for love match

love match

noun

a betrothal or marriage based on mutual love rather than any other considerations

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	love match
释义	love match noun a marriage entered into for love alone. Origin of love match First recorded in 1740–50 Words nearby love match lovelock, lovelorn, lovely, Love makes the world go `round, lovemaking, love match, love nest, love potion, lover, love rat, loverly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for love match That it was a love-match on one side, the words of Vane Charteris have assured us. Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily\|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller It was a love-match, and, therefore, a popular event all over the land. The Portland Peerage Romance\|Charles J. Archard The Randolphs' love-match had been regarded as establishing a sort of standard of excellence. The Real Adventure\|Henry Kitchell Webster Never leaves her; theirs was a love-match; you must have seen them. Chicot the Jester\|Alexandre Dumas, Pere It was a love-match of stolen wooing and secret wedding,—but, ha! In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II\|Various British Dictionary definitions for love match love match noun a betrothal or marriage based on mutual love rather than any other considerations Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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