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Affectionate. The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson.

A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.

Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.

With love; affectionately.

Affection; kind regard. The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness. Sir. P. Sidney.

Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.

Lovingly; with tender care. [Obs.] Shak.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [R.] Galt.

Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition.

The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron.

A sweet or loving look. [Obs.] Spenser.

To meet. [Obs.] Our very loving sister, well bemet. Shak.

To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.] So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Shak.

Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot.

Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. Within the bosom of that church. Hooker.

To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. Sir W. Scott.

manent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle. Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. Sir P. Sidney. I am constant to my purposes. Shak. His gifts, his constant ourtship, nothing gained. Dryden. Onward the constant current sweeps. Longfellow.…