From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
loved
adj : held dear; "his loved companion of many years" [ant:
unloved]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loved (l[u^]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Loving.] [AS. lufian. [root]124. See Love,
n.]
1. To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or
good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love
one's country; to love one's God.
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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
--Matt. xxii.
37.
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Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. --Matt.
xxii. 39.
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2. To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that
of one sex for the other.
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3. To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or
desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like;
as, to love books; to love adventures.
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Wit, eloquence, and poetry.
Arts which I loved. --Cowley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
loved \loved\ adj.
1. p. p. of love, v. t.. Opposite of unloved. [Narrower
terms: admired, esteemed] Also See: wanted.
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