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of all loves

of all loves prepositional phrase: for the sake of all love; by all means.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) For the sake of all love; by all means.
    • Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Questions about of all loves

What does of all loves mean?
Of all loves means for the sake of all love; by all means.
What part of speech is of all loves?
Of all loves is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of all loves in the dictionary

  1. of a surety
  2. of a truth
  3. of age
  4. of all
  5. of all conscience
  6. of all loves
  7. of all people
  8. of all places
  9. of all things
  10. of all time
  11. of all times

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