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A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
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A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
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Sexual passion.
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Sexual intercourse.
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A love affair.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.