beloved
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.
Base: belove
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more beloved
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: beloveder
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most beloved
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: belovedest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: beloveth
pos: adj
tags: alternative
poetic
form: beloveds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beloveth
pos: noun
tags: alternative
poetic
Senses:
gloss: Much loved, dearly loved.
pos: adj
examples: But I found at laſt, by hearing and conſidering of things that are Divine, which indeed I heard of you, as alſo of beloved Faithful, that was put to death for his Faith and good-living in Vanity-fair, That the end of these things is death. [Rom[ans] 6. 21, 22, 23.] And that for theſe things ſake, the wrath of God cometh upon the children of diſobedience. [Eph[esians] 5. 6.]
When the Toy had once taken Jupiter in the Head to Enter into a State of Matrimony, he Reſolv'd for the Honour of his Celeſtial Lady, that the whole World ſhould keep a Feſtiual upon the Day of his Marriage, and ſo Invited all Living Creatures, Tag-Rag and Bob-Tail, to the Solemnity to his Wedding. They all came in very Good Time, ſaving the Tortoiſe. Jupiter […] Ask'd him, Why ſo Late? Why truly ſays the Tortoiſe, I was at Home, at my Own Houſe, my Dearly Beloved Houſe, and [Home is Home, let it be never ſo Homely.]
It is ſcarce poſſible to imagine the Conſternation I was now in, being driven from my beloved Iſland (for ſo it appeared to me now to be) into the wide Ocean, almoſt two Leagues, and in the utmoſt Deſpair of ever recovering it again.
There was a youthe, and a well-beloved youthe, / And he was a ſquires ſon: / He loved the bayliffes daughter deare, / That lived in Iſlington.
Belovedest, I know not what counsel to give thee about calling on my sisters; and therefore must leave the matter to thine own exquisite sense of what is right and delicate.
Don’t worry, belovedest little angel, all is going quite well and Hub takes ever such care.
Sheep woolly skins were dunked and dunked again, / And for whose coming? Nobody’s but yours; / So no-one else’s party boy would look / Beloveder to his than you to me.
The vacuum brake, much beloved by English- (though not Scottish-) built or inspired railways, but little favoured elsewhere.
In yonder corner your little chair, / where you often sat at my knee, / singing your sweet murmuring hymns, / my belovèd child!
gloss: Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
pos: noun
examples: […] Chriſtian, with deſire fell ſick, Hopeful alſo had a fit or two of the ſame Diſeaſe: Wherefore, here they lay by it a while, crying out, becauſe of their pangs, If ye ſee my Beloved, tell him that I am ſick of love.
Near and dear relations are the only beloveds of others, as parents, children, &c. They set their affections so much on these, that Christ has little or no share in them: […] Christ is preferable to all such beloveds, and indeed to any creature-enjoyment whatever.
Beyond the smiths were the bookshops, supplying for the intellect the enchantment that the smith supplied for the eye. The standard assortment was there, but the most desired were books of philosophy and poetry to help the soul either weep or sing, and songs for the heart to sing of the beloved.
Antonyms: disliked
unbeloved
unloved
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