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Caress

noun

A gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it). "Soft music was a fond caress" , "The caresses of the breeze played over his face"

verb

(past & past part. caressed; pres. part. caressing)

Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner. Synonym: fondle. "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"

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"Caress" Quotes from Famous Books

... on those jewels of the flying race. They call them either the "rays" or the "hairs of the sun." Here, it is "the little king of the flowers;" there, "the celestial flower that comes in its flight to caress the terrestrial flower." It is again "the bouquet of jewels, which sparkles in the fire of the day." It can be believed that their imagination would know how to furnish a new poetical appellation for each of the one hundred and fifty species which ...

— Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen • Jules Verne

... caress produced a revulsion in his heart and he shuddered. Pepeeta observed it. "What makes ...

— The Redemption of David Corson • Charles Frederic Goss

... see her face which she kept bowed down on her breast. As soon as he had grasped her hand, he pressed it vigorously, retaining it until they reached the Rue Mazarine. He felt the hand tremble; but it was not withdrawn. On the contrary it ever and anon gave a sudden caress. ...

— Therese Raquin • Emile Zola

... heart that she should use his name. To hear her say it had always been like a caress, and the word on her lips brought back once more the whole agony of his distress; but he would not allow his emotion to be seen. He turned round and faced her gravely. Now, for the first time, he did not hesitate ...

— The Explorer • W. Somerset Maugham

... any notice, however much I may endeavour to please her; if she would only caress me, and praise me sometimes, I know I should be a very different girl. Then I could bear all Annie's cruel words; but I will not, I will never put up with them, and permit either her or Miss Malison to govern me and chain down my ...

— The Mother's Recompense, Volume I. - A Sequel to Home Influence in Two Volumes. • Grace Aguilar

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