Part 6668

<i>Tyndale.</i>

<h1>Love-making</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"-mak`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Courtship.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Lovemonger</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deals in affairs of love.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lover</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lov"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.</def>

<i>Gower.</i>

<blockquote>Love is blind, and <b>lovers</b> can not see The pretty follies that themselves commit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; <as>as, a <ex>lover</ex> of his country</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I slew my best <b>lover</b> for the good of Rome. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.</def> "A <i>lover</i> of knowledge." <i>T. Burnet</i>.

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<h1>Lover, Lovery</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw><hw>Lo"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lo"ver*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Louver</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Loverwise</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lo"ver*wise`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>As lovers do.</def>

<blockquote>As they sat down here <b>loverwise</b>. <i>W. D. Howells.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Love-sick</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Love"-sick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Languishing with love or amorous desire; <as>as, a <ex>love-sick</ex> maid</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To the dear mistress of my <b>love-sick</b> mind. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.</def>

<blockquote>Where nightingales their <b>love-sick</b> ditty sing. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Love-sickness</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Love"-sick`ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being love-sick.</def>