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to hold something so tightly your knuckles whiten but your heart loosens.
means To hold someone or something dear, caring for it tenderly and keeping it close with affection.
from From Old French 'cherir,' meaning to hold dear, which grew from 'cher' — 'dear, precious' — the same root that gives English 'cherie' and the affectionate 'cheri.' Trace it further back and you reach Latin 'carus,' 'beloved, costly,' a word that bundled love and value into one: to cherish was, from the start, to treat something as worth a price you'd gladly pay.
- latin root
- from carus, meaning dear or costly
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- verb only
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- shares blood
- related to charity and the French chérie