beloving

English

Adjective

beloving (comparative more beloving, superlative most beloving)

1. (obsolete) Loving.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     You shall be more beloving than beloved.

Derived terms

• belovingly

 

Related terms

• beloved