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Webster 1913 Edition

Endearment

En-dear′ment

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Noun.
The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
“The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech.”
Jer. Taylor.
Her first
endearments
twining round the soul.
Thomson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Endearment

ENDE'ARMENT

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Noun.
The cause of love; that which excites or increases affection, particularly that which excites tenderness of affection.
Her first endearments twining round the soul.
1.
The state of being beloved; tender affection.

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