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/icons/point.icon APPRECIATE, VALUE, PRIZE, TREASURE, CHERISH mean to hold in high estimation.

APPRECIATE often connotes sufficient understanding to enjoy or admire a thing's excellence.

e.g. appreciates fine wine

VALUE implies rating a thing highly for its intrinsic worth.

e.g. values our friendship

PRIZE implies taking a deep pride in something one possesses.

e.g. Americans prize their freedom

TREASURE emphasizes jealously safeguarding something considered precious.

e.g. a treasured memento

CHERISH implies a special love and care for something.

e.g. cherishes her children above all

verb with object

〈権利･信念など〉を持ち［守り］続ける

e.g. he cared for me beyond measure and cherished me in his heart.

hold (something) dear:

〈人･動植物など〉をかわいがる, 大切にする, (愛情をこめて)世話をする, 育てる (!進行形にしない)

e.g. I cherish the letters she wrote

e.g. (as adjective cherished) : cherished possessions.

〈希望･感情･考えなど〉を心に抱く; 〈思い出など〉を胸にしまっておく

e.g. he had long cherished a secret fantasy about his future.

ORIGIN

Middle English (in the sense ‘treat with affection’): from Old French cheriss-, lengthened stem of cherir, from cher ‘dear’, from Latin carus.