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Webster 1913 Edition
Care
Care
(kâr)
, Noun.
[AS.
caru
, cearu
; akin to OS. kara
sorrow, Goth. kara
, OHG chara
, lament, and perh. to Gr. γῆρυσ
voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary
.] 1.
A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
Care
keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,And where
care
lodges, sleep will never lie. Shakespeare
2.
Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.
The
care
of all the churches. 2 Cor. xi. 28.
Him thy
care
must be to find. Milton.
Perplexed with a thousand
cares
. Shakespeare
3.
Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness;
as, take
. care
; have a care
I thank thee for thy
care
and honest pains. Shakespeare
4.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
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. Care
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Caring
.] To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; – sometimes followed by an objective of measure.
I would not
care
a pin, if the other three were in. Shakespeare
Master,
carest
thou not that we perish? Mark. iv. 38.
To care for
. (a)
To have under watchful attention; to take care of.
(b)
To have regard or affection for; to like or love.
He
cared
not for the affection of the house. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Care
CARE
,Noun.
1.
Concern; anxiety; solicitude; nothing some degree of pain in the mind, from apprehension of evil.They shall eat bread by weight and with care. Ezek. 4.
2.
Caution; a looking to; regard; attention, or heed, with a view to safety or protection, as in the phrase, take care of yourself.A want of care does more damage than a want of knowledge.
3.
Charge or oversight, implying concern for safety and prosperity; as, he was under the care of a physician.That which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 2 Cor. 6.
4.
The object of care, or watchful regard and attention; as, Is she thy care?CARE
, v.t.1.
To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned about.Master, carest thou not that we perish? Mark 4.
2.
To be inclined or disposed; to have regard to; with for before a noun, and to before a verb. Not caring to observe the wind. Great masters in painting never care for drawing people in the fashion. In this sense the word implies a less degree of concern. The different degrees of anxiety expressed by this word constitute the chief differences in its signification or applications.Definition 2024
çare
çare
Kurdish
Noun
çare f
- solution (answer to a problem)
This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at solution. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see çare in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2007