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belov'd

belov'd is the alternative form of beloved.

Meaning of beloved

Adjective

beloved (comparative more beloved or beloveder, superlative most beloved or belovedest)

  1. Much loved, dearly loved.
    • But I found at laſt, by hearing and conſidering of things that are Divine, which indeed I heard of you, as alſo of beloved Faithful, that was put to death for his Faith and good-living in Vanity-fair, That the end of these things is death. [Rom[ans] 6. 21, 22, 23.] And that for theſe things ſake...1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, pages 187–188
    Antonyms:
    beloathed

See all 2 meanings of beloved

Forms of belov'd

comparativemore belov'd
superlativemost belov'd

Questions about belov'd

What is belov'd the alternative form of?
Belov'd is the alternative form of beloved.

Words near belov'd in the dictionary

  1. Belous
  2. Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
  3. Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactions
  4. belousovite
  5. belout
  6. belov'd
  7. belove
  8. beloved
  9. Beloved Disciple
  10. beloveder
  11. belovedest

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