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To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.

To spread or cover over. The carpet which bespread His rich pavilion's floor. Glover.

yond all others. "Thou serpent! That name best befits thee." Milton. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small. Coleridge.

To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager. John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Shak. I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. O. W. Holmes.

In a higher or greater degree; more; as, to love one better than another. Never was monarch better feared, and loved. Shak.

sion toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke.

A lover of books.

Love of books.

A lover of books.

" Shak. To bill and coo, to interchange caresses; -- said of doves; also of demonstrative lovers. Thackeray.

A love letter or note. A lover chanting out a billet-doux. Spectator.

Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

y sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Col. iii. 19.

e or disapprobation; culpability; fault; crime; sin. Holy and without blame before him in love. Eph. i. 4.

A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. In the blossom of my youth. Massinger.

eeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. The rosy blush of love. Trumbull.

Moral or political duty or obligation. I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. Shak.

on, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube. The bores of wind instruments. Bacon. Love's counselor should fill the bores of hearing. Shak.

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. [Obs.] As you unwind her love from him, Lest it should ravel and be good to none, You must provide to bottom it on me. Shak.