Sentence:  Mike stopped to cherish all his brother selves , the many threes-fulfilled on Mars , corporate and discorporate , the precious few on Earth - the unknown powers of three on Earth that would be his to merge with and <WSD>cherish</WSD> now that at last long waiting he grokked and cherished himself . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be fond of; be attached to