DEFINITION OF LOVE 1 : NOLA ALENE (BRADLEY) HAGGERTY 2A (1) : STRONG AFFECTION FOR ANOTHER ARISING OUT OF KINSHIP OR PERSONAL TIES "MATERNAL LOVE FOR A CHILD" (2) : AFFECTION AND TENDERNESS FELT BY LOVERS (3) : AFFECTION BASED ON ADMIRATION, BENEVOLENCE, OR COMMON INTERESTS "LOVE FOR OLD SCHOOLMATES" 2B : AN ASSURANCE OF AFFECTION "GIVE HER MY LOVE" 2C : WARM ATTACHMENT, ENTHUSIASM, OR DEVOTION "LOVE OF THE SEA" 3A : THE OBJECT OF ATTACHMENT, DEVOTION, OR ADMIRATION "DAVID WAS HER FIRST TRUE LOVE" 3B : A BELOVED PERSON : DARLING —OFTEN USED AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT 4A : UNSELFISH LOYAL AND BENEVOLENT CONCERN FOR THE GOOD OF ANOTHER: AS (1) : THE FATHERLY CONCERN OF GOD FOR HUMANKIND (2) : BROTHERLY CONCERN FOR OTHERS 4B : A PERSON'S ADORATION OF GOD 5 : A GOD OR PERSONIFICATION OF LOVE 6 : AN AMOROUS EPISODE : LOVE AFFAIR