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1. Held dear
   "his loved companion of many years"

1. Have a great affection or liking for
   "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
    
2. Get pleasure from
   "I love cooking"
   - enjoy
    
3. Be enamoured or in love with
   "She loves her husband deeply"
    
4. Have sexual intercourse with
   - sleep together, roll in the hay, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk [Brit], make whoopee

See also: admired, adored, beloved, best-loved, blue-eyed, cherished, darling, dear, fair-haired, fave, favored [US], favorite [US], favoured [Brit, Cdn], favourite [Brit, Cdn], idolised [Brit], idolized, loveable, lover, pet, precious, preferent, preferred, treasured, wanted, white-haired, worshiped [US], worshipped

Type of: copulate, couple, like, mate, pair

Antonym: hate, unloved

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