care for
Verb
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Verb
care for
- (transitive) To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide.
- I cared for my ailing mother for five years.
- (transitive) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.
- 1719, Jonathan Swift, "To Dr. Sheridan" (14 Dec.), in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. 2 (ed. W. E. Browning):
- Mrs. Dingley and Mrs. Johnson say, truly they don't care for your wife's company, though they like your wine.
- 2006, Unmesh Kher, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1184070-2,00.html Whale On the Plate]," Time, 17 April:
- Still, while most Japanese may not care for the meat, many object to calls to stop whaling.
- 1719, Jonathan Swift, "To Dr. Sheridan" (14 Dec.), in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. 2 (ed. W. E. Browning):
- (to like or appreciate) think much of
- (to see to) besee
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