Beloved meaning

bĭ-lŭvĭd, -lŭvd
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The definition of beloved is someone or something that is loved dearly.

The way a mother feels about her baby is an example of beloved.

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Dearly loved.
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A beloved person.
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Dearly loved.
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Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
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Origin of beloved

  • Middle English biloved past participle of beloven to love bi- be- loven to love love

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Beloved Sentence Examples

  • But he was much beloved by his family.

  • My beloved Betsy, my world, was in his hands.

  • I also knew Mr. Charles Dudley Warner, the most delightful of story-tellers and the most beloved friend, whose sympathy was so broad that it may be truly said of him, he loved all living things and his neighbour as himself.

  • Her beloved walls stood strong and beautiful, the white stone streaked with peach.

  • I had made my beloved poet weep, and I was greatly distressed.

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