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Definition of Cherishing
1. cherish [v] - See also: cherish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherishing
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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