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To love. [Obs.] Wodroephe.

Greatly loved; dear to the heart. Antony, so well beloved of Cæsar. Shak. This is my beloved Son. Matt. iii. 17.

A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.] His affected Hercules. Chapman.

Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak.

The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the god of peace; the son of Odin and Freya. [Written also Baldur.]

Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. "Base balladry is so beloved." Drayton.

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

One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.

Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." Shak. Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope. Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.

Greatly beloved. Shak.

o disavow. The falsehood of denying his opinion. Bancroft. Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. Keble. To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial. Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. Matt. xvi. 24.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.

To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.

Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.

Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. Children in whom is no faith. Deut. xxvii. 20. Whose failing, while her faith to me remains, I should conceal. Milton.

A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray.

Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak.

Dear; beloved. [Obs., except in poetry.] "My liefe mother." Chaucer. "My liefest liege." Shak. As thou art lief and dear. Tennyson.

A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon.