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Abbreviation of love. [(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).]
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An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
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A love interest; a paramour.
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(formal, obsolete) An insignificant lover.
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Alternative form of amour [Courtship; flirtation.]
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(obsolete) A petty love affair.
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Obsolete form of amoret. [(obsolete) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.]
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A male sweetheart, lover.
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(art) A cupid (putto with bow and arrow, representing love).
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Alternative form of amorist [Someone who is in love.]
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In a romantic or sexual relationship.
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(idiomatic) A romantic relationship which occurs in a later stage of life.
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Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.
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One who is unfaithful to the marriage vow.
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(obsolete) A loved one; a darling, lover.
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(transitive, obsolete) To love.
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(chiefly attributive) A romantic story in which a boy gets to know a girl and begins to love her.
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A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.
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Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.
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(colloquial, figuratively) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
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(intransitive) To be licentious, or sexually immoral.
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One who courts; one who plays the lover, or solicits in marriage.
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(poetic) Sudden love or desire; the personification of falling in love.
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A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
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Alternative form of drury [(obsolete) Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.]
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(obsolete) Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
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(dated) A lover; a person in love.
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(uncommon) Synonym of enamor
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Obsolete spelling of inamorato (“lover”) [A lover; a gallant.]
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(slang) Generic intensifier.
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(intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.
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The action of the verb to fall in love.
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(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
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(literally) One's first experience of the feeling of romantic love.
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A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
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One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
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(by extension, of a couple) Deeply and ostentatiously in love.
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(informal) To be in a casual romantic relationship.
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(dated) A curl or lovelock.
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The early part of an intimate relationship, in which the couple are infatuated with each other.
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A female lover or woman with whom one is in love; a mistress.
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Alternative form of inamorata [A female lover or woman with whom one is in love; a mistress.]
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A person who is very romantic.
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Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
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By analogy with the Shakespearean character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own.
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(idiomatic) The word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.
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(poetic) A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
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(archaic) One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress).
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(Internet slang, humorous) to love
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A tryst, romantic meeting.
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(music, literature) An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide.
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Alternative form of light-o'-love. [An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.]
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An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
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Alternative form of limerence [(psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.]
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(psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated.
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in love, in a state of limerence
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(West Midlands and Northern England) An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
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A romantic relationship between two people who live far apart, but usually maintain contact telematically.
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Alternative form of looksist
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(obsolete) A lover, paramour; a concubine.
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Alternative letter-case form of Lothario [A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.]
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obsolete typography of love [(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.]
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obsolete typography of lover [One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.]
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Obsolete form of lovest.
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(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
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An affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.
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(idiomatic) an instantaneous attraction
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An attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection.
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A cyclical artistic work about love.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) The symbol ♥, used informally to convey the idea of (usually romantic) love.
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(film, literature) One who is of interest as a (potential) partner in love.
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(slang) An intense, addiction-like craving or desire for love, especially romantic love.
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A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another.
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A letter written about the author's love for the intended reader.
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An individual's amorous or sexual relationships.
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Alternative form of love-lock [A padlock symbolizing two people's love for each other.]
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(slang, figuratively) A person who takes part in long sessions of love making.
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Alternative form of lovemaking [sexual intercourse]
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(idiomatic) A soulmate; a one and only.
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A situation in which at least two people vie for the love of another individual.
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A drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
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A pictorial or written representation of love making.
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A song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.
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a gift or keepsake that is symbolic of a love relationship
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(obsolete) Amorous play; flirtation, lovemaking.
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A situation in which two suitors vie or compete for the love of the same person.
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(transitive, informal) To accept; to love wholeheartedly.
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Alternative form of loveaholic [One who has an excessive need to be in a romantic relationship.]
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(transitive) To be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on
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(archaic) The gallant act of a lover.
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(originally psychoanalysis) Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.
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A social gathering to promote love and feelings of well-being.
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Alternative spelling of lovemaking [sexual intercourse]
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One who has an excessive need to be in a romantic relationship.
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(intransitive) To express romantic affection openly.
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Alternative spelling of love bomb [An attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection.]
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(UK, informal) Very much in love.
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(chiefly poetical) A day devoted to love.
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(rare, nonce word) The condition or realm of love.
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One who is loved; a recipient of love.
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(informal) An effusive exchange of goodwill.
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(US, humorous) The use of government espionage tools or techniques to investigate one's love interests.
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(transitive, rare) To make lovely.
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A fond expression of love in a person's eyes.
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The knowledge, science, study, or history of love.
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someone who makes love; a person who has sexual intercourse
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(dated) courtship; amorous advances
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A mental conception of one's ideal lover and sex life.
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The person with whom one is mated in love; a lover or sweetheart.
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A person who encourages or advocates love; one who deals in affairs of love.
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(informal) Someone who travels to another country to be with a romantic partner, or to experience love.
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One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
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Alternative form of loverman [A man who is skilled at making love.]
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Alternative form of lovers' lane [A secluded area where people kiss, make out, or engage in sexual activity]
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The realm or sphere of lovers.
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(dated, literary) A female lover.
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Befitting or characteristic of a lover.
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the condition and quality of being a lover; loverhood
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Characteristic of lovers.
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A man who is skilled at making love.
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A secluded area where people kiss, make out, or engage in sexual activity
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A petty quarrel between lovers, not so serious as to end the romantic relationship.
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(obsolete) Someone addicted to lovemaking (courtship).
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The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
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Alternative form of love-shy [Ineffectual at courtship or attaining sexual intercourse.]
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Having an aching desire for one's beloved.
adj
(now rare) Amorous; showing or feeling love.
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Alternative spelling of love song [A song about love; a song that expresses amorous feelings.]
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(obsolete) Lovable; beloved; lovely; loving.
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(UK) An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like).
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Informal spelling of loves.
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(UK) Alternative form of lovey (“term of address”) [(UK) An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the like).]
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Alternative form of luvviedom [(chiefly UK) The realm or sphere of luvvies (narcissistic and pretentious actors).]
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Obsolete form of lover. [One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.]
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Alternative form of loved [Being the object of love.]
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(informal) Alternative form of lurve [(informal) Love, fondness.]
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(informal) To love; to like a lot.
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Pronunciation spelling of lovely. [Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.]
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Alternative spelling of luvvy [(informal) An affectionate term of address.]
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(chiefly UK) The realm or sphere of luvvies (narcissistic and pretentious actors).
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(informal) An affectionate term of address.
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(slang) Acronym of love you like a sister.
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(archaic) To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.
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To pose or act in a way that suggests genuine emotional involvement, while being filmed or photographed.
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(colloquial) A crush-like but non-sexual feeling of attraction toward and admiration for a man.
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The lover of a man (typically another man).
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A romantic relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other.
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Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between.
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An emotionally heightened state of mind experienced at the beginning of sexual and romantic relationships.
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(archaic) To exceed in the number of romantic affairs.
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(transitive) To love more than somebody else.
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(obsolete, of loving, etc.) Passionately, out of sexual desire.
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(colloquial) A person whom one cherishes very much, especially a woman.
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(UK, informal) something that is sexually off-putting; something that kills someone's sexual mood
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One who uses specialized tactics to seduce women.
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(dated) To court; to make romantic advances.
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Intimate but non-sexual affection.
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To act as matchmaker, trying to coerce or induce two people into a romantic relationship.
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(idiomatic) A committed open relationship based on boosting the love and affection opportunities available for one's partner
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(transitive, obsolete) To love in return.
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(transitive) To woo; to court.
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A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
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A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute.
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(obsolete) lewdness, fornication
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One who admires another romantically but purposely remains anonymous to the extent that the subject of the admiration is unaware of the admirer's identity.
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(film) (The practice of providing) exposition against a backdrop of sex or nudity.
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(1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheik)
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(fiction, fandom slang, of a romantic relationship) Developing slowly over the course of the story.
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A deep love that is experienced through the souls of the lovers.
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Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
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To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
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The phase in the contact between people where romantic interest starts to develop.
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(informal) A romantic relationship.
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(countable) The unique individual for whom one feels such affection.
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One who is truly beloved; a true love.
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a lover who keeps a tryst
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A person to whom a valentine is given or from whom it is received, especially on February 14th.
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A ladies' man; a lothario.
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A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
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Someone who loves women.
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(childish or humorous) To love.
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(childish or humorous) Alternative form of love [(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.]
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(Barbados, politics) A political sycophant.
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Stylistic substitution for the word love.
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