2.1: What is love?
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What is love?
Merriam-Webster defines love as:
1a(1): strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties//maternal love for a child
(2): attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers//After all these years, they are still very much in love.
(3): affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests//love for his old schoolmates
b: an assurance of affection//give her my love
2: warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion//love of the sea
3a: the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration//baseball was his first love
b(1): a beloved person : DARLING. —often used as a term of endearment
(2)British —used as an informal term of address
4a: unselfish loyal and benevolent, concern for the good of another: such as
(1): the fatherly concern of God for humankind
(2): brotherly concern for others
b: a person’s adoration of God
5: a god (such as Cupid or Eros) or personification of love
6: an amorous episode : LOVE AFFAIR
7: the sexual embrace : COPULATION
8: a score of zero (as in tennis)
9: capitalized, Christian Science : GOD