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Wouldst wed her now--fond, feeble-hearted mortal Lord William was silent; but the beautiful form of the maiden seemed to pass before him, and he loved her with such overmastering vehemence that if Satan himself had stood in the gap he would not have shrunk from his purpose Mause Helston," said the lover, "if thou wilt help me at this bout, I will not draw back.

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  1. adjective Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection: fond of ballet; fond of my nieces and nephews.
  2. adjective Affectionate; tender: a fond embrace.
  3. adjective Immoderately affectionate or indulgent; doting: fond grandparents who tended to spoil the child.
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  • Something in that fond--ay, it was a fond look--was drawing her closer to him--something that told her she was dearer than any friend. —  Olive A Novel
  • They will drink soda-water or lemonade of which they are very fond, and eat European sweets and sometimes biscuits. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
  • She thought that he was unkind, when he ought to have been most fond--on the eve of a protracted absence. —  The King's Own
  • "I was so--fond of it, I should have hated losing it. —  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
  • Something in her voice told me that she really was thankful not to have lost the thing of which she was so fond, the thing for which she had gone back to the hotel, the thing Mr. van Buren had kindly helped her to find. —  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
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affectionate ·  full ·  plenty ·  proud ·  dear ·  foolish ·  afraid ·  childish ·  glad ·  weary

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fond:   fonder ·  fondest
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  1. Middle English fonned, foolish, probably from past participle of fonnen, to be foolish, probably from fonne, fool.
  2. French, from Old French fonds, fond, from Latin fundus, bottom.

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  1. from Middle English fond, contr. of usual fonned, sometimes fonnet, foolish, past participle of fonnen, act like a fool, be foolish: see fon, v.
  2. from fond, a.; in part prob. an altered form of the older verb fon. Cf. fondle.
  3. from French fond, from Latin fundus, bottom: see fund.
 

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