GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Love (lŭv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loved (lŭvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Loving.] [AS. lufian.  √124. See Love, n.]
   1. To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, “to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.”
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matt. xxii. 37.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. Matt. xxii. 39.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   3. To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, “to love books; to love adventures.”
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   Wit, eloquence, and poetry.
   
   Arts which I loved. Cowley.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   loved adj.
   1. p. p. of love, v. t..  Opposite of unloved. [Narrower terms: admired, esteemed] Also See: wanted.
   
   [WordNet 1.5]