Monday, 30 July 2012
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Care \Care\ (k[^a]r), n. [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr. gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.] 1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. [1913 Webster]
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where Care lodges, sleep will never lie. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. [1913 Webster]
The Care of all the churches. --2 Cor. xi. 28. [1913 Webster]
Him thy Care must be to find. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Perplexed with a thousand cares. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take Care; have a Care. [1913 Webster]
I thank thee for thy Care and honest pains. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety. [1913 Webster]
Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. --Spenser.
Syn: Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard; management; direction; oversight. -- Care, Anxiety, Solicitude, Concern. These words express mental pain in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a diminished degree. Concern is opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious thought more or less intense. We are careful about the means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are solicitous to obtain a good, anxious to avoid an evil. [1913 Webster] -
Care \Care\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cared; p. pr. & vb. n. Caring.] [AS. cearian. See Care, n.] To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure. [1913 Webster]
I would not Care a pin, if the other three were in. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Master, carest thou not that we perish? --Mark. iv. 38. [1913 Webster]
To Care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take Care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love. [1913 Webster]
He cared not for the affection of the house. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] - Care n 1: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical Care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: Care, attention, aid, tending] 2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with Care" [syn: caution, precaution, Care, forethought] 3: an anxious feeling; "Care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, Care, fear] 4: a cause for feeling concern; "his major Care was the illness of his wife" 5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the Care of a bodyguard" [syn: Care, charge, tutelage, guardianship] 6: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car Care" [syn: Care, maintenance, upkeep] v 1: feel concern or interest; "I really Care about my work"; "I don't Care" 2: provide Care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded" [syn: Care, give Care] 3: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you Care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" [syn: wish, Care, like] 4: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, deal, Care, handle] 5: be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" [syn: worry, Care]
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