Definition of Treasured

1. Adjective. Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for. "So good to feel wanted"

Exact synonyms: Cherished, Precious, Wanted
Similar to: Loved
Derivative terms: Preciousness

Definition of Treasured

1. Verb. (past of treasure) ¹

2. Adjective. valued (especially having a personal value) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Treasured

1. treasure [v] - See also: treasure

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treasured

treasure chest
treasure chests
treasure flower
treasure flowers
treasure house
treasure houses
treasure hunt
treasure hunts
treasure map
treasure maps
treasure ship
treasure trails
treasure trove
treasure troves
treasured
treasureless
treasurelike
treasurer
treasurer's check
treasurer's cheque
treasurers
treasurership
treasurerships
treasures
treasuress
treasuresses
treasuries
treasuring
treasurite

Literary usage of Treasured

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

1. The Bookman (1903)
"The board upon which the poet's head had crumbled to dust fell away, and a prominent Baltimore journalist who was present treasured it at his home for years ..."

2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"I heard a story the other day, " a true one," that I treasured for you as racy, as characteristic of slavery and human nature. A most notoriously atrocious, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1824)
"... thou did'st explore Amass'd the treasured deeds of every clime ; Pierced through the gloom that shades the urn of time ; And to a world, ungenerous and ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"One last glimpse of the traveller is gathered from his will, which is treasured in ... treasured ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The story of His appearance on earth in bodily form when He "dwelt amongst us" could not but be treasured up by His followers, and each city and site ..."

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