cherish

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When the media and the elites start overtly attacking the average American taxpayer for complaining about taxes, they have gone too far. all taxpaying Americans -- cherish is the freedom to exercise their displeasure with taxes.

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  1. transitive verb To treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear: cherish one's family; fine rugs that are cherished by their owners.
  2. transitive verb To keep fondly in mind; entertain: cherish a memory. See Synonyms at appreciate.

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  • When the media and the elites start overtly attacking the average American taxpayer for complaining about taxes, they have gone too far. all taxpaying Americans -- cherish is the freedom to exercise their displeasure with taxes. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • Surely we have been to elections yesterday and people braved the chilly weather just to make sure that the party they love and cherish which is the African National congress and thanks for their loyality to the movement and now its time to put more extra effort to change the lives of the poor South Africans. —  Mail & Guardian Online
  • Whose love I cherish, and whose soul I love —  The Merry Devil
  • All manner of desire I suffer for his sake I cherish, and my foes make merry at my pain. —  The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
  • Mine is a name that the future will cherish -- —  Tobogganing on Parnassus
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  1. Middle English cherishen, from Old French cherir, cheriss-, from cher, dear, from Latin cārus; see kā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English cherischen, cherisen, chericen, from Old French cheris-, stem of certain forms of cherir, French chérir (chériss-), hold dear, cherish, from cher, from Latin carus, dear: see cheer, charity, and caress.
 

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