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To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought). Any place that harbors men. Shak. The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. Bp. Burnet. Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. Rowe.…

To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for. "Hope for good success." Jer. Taylor. But I will hope continually. Ps. lxxi. 14.

To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill.

One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.

To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.

To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds. To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue. Milton.

A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.

To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds. Dryden.

r think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave." Dryden. -- To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To make out. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, t…

To cherish, as a bird her young.

To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. James v. 5.

Nutritively; cherishingly.

To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as:

One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.

To fondle; to cherish. [Obs.]

th. When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it can not be too much cherished. Addison.

Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. Tatler.

To revive; to cheer; to cherish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

itan was a Scripturist with all his heart, if as yet with imperfect intelligence . . . he cherished the scheme of looking to the Word of God as his sole and universal directory. Palfrey.

she was so happy. Sir P. Sidney. Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherished by her childlike duty. Shak. Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Shak. But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. Sir W. Scott.