Definition of Cherishing

1. Verb. (present participle of cherish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cherishing

1. cherish [v] - See also: cherish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherishing

cheremic
cheremnykhite
cherepanovite
cherimolla
cherimoya
cherimoya tree
cherimoyas
cherimoyer
cherimoyers
cherish
cherishable
cherished
cherisher
cherishers
cherishes
cherishing
cherishingly
cherishment
cherishments
cherisht
chernikovite
chernozem
chernozemic
chernozemic soil
chernozems
chernykhite
cherogril
cherogrils
cheroot
cheroots

Literary usage of Cherishing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"... but likewise all manner of uncleanness and lasciviousness, and the cherishing and indulgence of all impure inclinations are strictly prohibited. ..."

2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1857)
"... viz., the Patriarchal See of Etchmiadzine, and the Mount Ararat, are held in the powerful grasp of Russia, cherishing an ardent love of their country, ..."

3. Relation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Slavery by Charles King Whipple (1861)
"And in all cases affecting the conscience, the less there is of an appearance of authority, the better the result. cherishing the social feelings, ..."

4. A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City by Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley (1861)
"and under whose influence the soul unfolds itself as a perennial plant under the cherishing sun. ..."

5. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"... his sagacity, and his vein of very pleasant humour; but, alas! our Saxon blood is always uppermost, and we go on cherishing our infallibility, and, ..."

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