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This 10 page paper examines the way the word “love” is defined/used in ten different sources, and why it should have so many variations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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definition comes from Websters Unabridged Dictionary, which is available on line. Since the entire entry is fully three pages long, this paper considers only the etymology and the first definition.
The entry begins like this: "Love (?), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See
Lief.]" The foregoing is the etymology of the word; then the first definition follows: "1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre?minent kindness
or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters." Finally, the dictionary provides an example, in this case a quotation: "Of all the dearest bonds we
prove Thou countest sons and mothers love Most sacred, most Thine own. Keble" (Love, 1913). The etymology here indicates that love is a noun but the question mark following means
that the compiler is not certain of that. Then the dictionary traces the language derivation of the word: "OE" means Old English, where it took the forms "love" and "luve";
this was in turn derived from "AS" (Anglo-Saxon) where the forms were "lufe" and "lufu," which are "akin to E. lief" where "E" means English, which is defined as "believe."
That in turn comes from the Latin ("L") "lubet" or "libet," meaning "it pleases" which in turn comes from the Sanskrit ("Skr") word lubh, defined as "to be lustful." Finally,
the compiler suggests that the person look at "Lief" for further information. This etymology is not particularly unusual for English words, which tend to come from Sanskrit, through Latin, and
down into Old and Middle English, finally to modern English. The definition here is the first in the dictionary, defining love as a strong feeling of attachment induced by
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