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The voice which bade me leave Genevieve to her care was actually gentle.

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  1. noun A burdened state of mind, as that arising from heavy responsibilities; worry.
  2. noun Mental suffering; grief.
  3. noun An object or source of worry, attention, or solicitude: the many cares of a working parent.
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  • The opening word roared like thunder and the deep cold of the void stung her with such a force that the five beings under her care were almost torn from her grip. —  The Flight of the Wren
  • The responsibility of their care was always felt by me with much seriousness, and, except by the continued appreciation of their moneyed value, I accumulated by their work and my own nothing beyond the maintenance of my whole family. —  Autobiography of Col. Richard Malcolm Johnston
  • He declared to Ned that he, not the Marquess, would care for Madeleine and the child, had explained that their care was his whole motivation for marrying. —  Gaston, Diane - The Mysterious Miss M
  • The schools under their care are the most gratifying sight we have seen. —  Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
  • Giving me the basic human right of healthcare and letting me decide where to get my care is a love of the free market. —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
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attention ·  health ·  service ·  knowledge ·  need ·  management ·  use ·  treatment ·  interest ·  support

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care:   caring ·  cared ·  cares
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  1. Middle English, from Old English cearu.

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  1. from Middle English care, sorrow, anxiety, from Anglo-Saxon cearu, caru, sorrow, anxiety, grief, = Old Saxon kara, lament, = Old High German kara, chara, lament (especially in comp. chara-sang, a lament, Middle High German Kartac (tac = English day), also Karvrītac, German Kar-, Charfreitag, Good Friday, Middle High German Karwoche, German Kar-, Char-woche, Passion week; cf. English Care Sunday, Chare Thursday), = Gothic (Moesogothic) kara, sorrow; cf. Icelandic kæra, complaint, murmur; akin to Old High German quēran, sigh. The primary sense is that of inward grief, and the word is not connected, either in sense or form, with L. cura, care, of which the primary sense is pains or trouble bestowed upon something: see cure. Doublet chare (in Chare Thursday); deriv. chary, q. v.
  2. from Middle English caren, carien, be anxious, be grieved, from Anglo-Saxon cearian, be anxious, = Old Saxon karōn, lament, complain, = Old High German karōn, charōn, complain, = Goth, karōn, be anxious; cf. Icelandic kæra = Swedish kära = Danish kære, complain; from the noun.
 

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