ppl. a. [f. CHERISH + -ED1.] Held dear, tenderly cared for or fostered.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 73. Chersydde [H. cheryschyd], fotus.

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a. 1500[?].  Assemble of Ladies, 134, in Urry, Chancer. A woman … And wel cherished.

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1726.  Thomson, Winter, 232. The cherished fields Put on their winter robe of purest white.

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1789.  Wordsw., Evening Walk, 15. In cherished sadness.

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1846.  J. Baxter, Libr. Pract. Agric., I. 12. He may thereby risk the continuance of cherished friendships.

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