cherishmentn.
/ˈtʃɛrɪʃmənt/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [noun] > process or fact of cherishing > ways of cherishing or indulgences
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > self-pleasing or self-indulgence > means of
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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Hviiv As in clothyng, meates, drynkes vayne trifylles or other cherisshementes, to the whiche we be full prone & redy to fall.
2. † b. concrete. Nourishment, sustenance. Obsolete.
a. The process or fact of cherishing; the bestowal of affectionate care or fostering tenderness.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [noun] > process or fact of cherishing
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > affectionate or tender care
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TLC1960
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 131.
1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints sig. G4 With rich bountie and deare cherishment.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 345 The cherishments and blandishments that God bestowes upon them.
1804 H. T. Colebrooke Remarks Husbandry & Commerce Bengal (new ed.) v. 130 The relation of master and slave appears to impose the duty of protection and cherishment on the master.
1823 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 370 The cherishment of the people was our principle.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun]
nourishmentc1330
nurshinga1382
nurshmenta1382
sustenance1389
nutrition?a1425
nutrure?c1450
sustentation1452
nutrifaction?1503
education1533
feeding1547
nourishing1560
nutriture1568
cherishment1593
subsistence1615
nutrication1623
alimentation1626
keeping1644
alition1650
alumnation1658
focillation1658
aliture1721
altion1721
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 36 They that spoyled my house, and left me no kind of cherishment for me and my sonne.
1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation vii. 57 Defect of cherishment.
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