English Dictionary

cherish

/ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/

verb

To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. / To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear. / (obsolete) To cheer, to gladden.

I cherish every moment spent with my family.

意味（1）

To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.

But the parent, we will ſuppose, cheriſhes his child with an affectionate indulgent care, and with all the circumſpection and aſſiduity that nature requires, in his infirm helpleſs ſtate of infancy; aſſiſts and cheriſhes his underſtanding, in its tender growth does; his utmoſt, according to his ability, to inculcate and impreſs religious principles, […]

意味（2）

To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.

I cherish your friendship.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To cheer, to gladden.

And by the way, as was her wonted guize, / Her merry fitt ſhee freſhly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her ſelfe to cheriſh, and her gueſt to cheare: […]