Agape

==English==
===Etymology 1===
* . First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lost (1667).
====Pronunciation====
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====Adjective====
# Being in a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
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# open wide.
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#* 2004, Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, & Michael R. Heithaus, Biology of Sharks and their Relatives‎, page 171
#*: If the slightly agape mouth is closed prior to mouth opening, this is termed the preparatory phase and is more common in suction-feeding bony fishes than elasmobranchs.
=====Usage notes=====
* Almostly always used after a noun or noun phrase it modifies.
=====Synonyms=====
* dumbstruck, agog
* ajar, open, agog
=====Translations=====
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====Adverb====
# In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
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# open wide.
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#* 1996, Perri O'Shaughnessy, Invasion of Privacy‎, page 508
#*: The bathroom door stood agape, and the peeling vinyl floor was bare.
#* 2005, Terry Goodkind, Chainfire‎, page 427
#*: He glanced up into Richard's eyes, his own wide with wonder, his mouth hanging agape.
=====Translations=====
===Etymology 2===
From 
====Pronunciation====
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====Noun====
# the asexual love of God or Christ for mankind, or the asexual love of Christians for others.
# asexual, spiritual love.
# a love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the eucharist.
=====Translations=====
: ágape
===References===
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Category:English heteronyms
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
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==Latin==
===Etymology===
From 
===Noun===
# Christian love or charity.
# The love feast of the early Christian Church; agape.
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