cherish

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English

Etymology

From Old French cherir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

cherish (third-person singular simple present cherishes, present participle cherishing, simple past and past participle cherished)

1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
2. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
3. (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish, and her guest to cheare [...].

Translations

to nurture with care

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛護 (cmn), 爱护 (cmn) (àihù), 珍視 (cmn), 珍视 (cmn) (zhēnshì), 珍愛 (cmn), 珍爱 (cmn) (zhēn'ài)

• Dutch: koesteren (nl)
• Finnish: vaalia (fi)
• French: chérir (fr), tenir (à) (fr)
• German: hegen (de)

• Japanese: 大事にする (ja) (だいじにする, daiji-ni suru)
• Maori: mirā (mi)
• Portuguese: adorar (pt)
• Russian: холить (ru) (xólit') impf., лелеять (ru) (leléjat') impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: altraim (gd)
• Spanish: tener mucho cariño a (es)
• Tagalog: pangalagaan (tl)

to hold dear, foster, promote

• Dutch: koesteren (nl)
• Finnish: vaalia (fi)
• French: chérir (fr), tenir (à) (fr)

• Russian: ободрять (ru) (obodrját’) impf., поощрять (ru) (pooščrját’) pf., воодушевлять (ru) (vooduševlját’) impf., воодушевить (ru) (vooduševít’) pf.