Part 793

If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers.

Shak.

2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.

A most lovely gentlemanlike man.

Shak.

3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." Shak.

Many a lovely look on them he cast.

Chaucer.

4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.

Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.

Tennyson.

Syn. -- Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.

Love"ly, adv. In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] Tyndale.

Love"-mak`ing (?), n. Courtship. Bacon.

Love"mon`ger (?), n. One who deals in affairs of love.[Obs.] Shak.

Lov"er (lv"r), n. 1. One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. Gower.

Love is blind, and lovers can not see The pretty follies that themselves commit.

Shak.

2. A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.

I slew my best lover for the good of Rome.

Shak.

3. One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." T. Burnet.

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{ Lo"ver (l"vr), Lo"ver*y (?), } n. See Louver. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Lo"ver*wise` (lv"r*wz`), adv. As lovers do.

As they sat down here loverwise.

W. D. Howells.

Love"-sick` (?), a. 1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.