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Care for   /kɛr fɔr/   Listen
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Care  v. i.  (past & past part. cared; pres. part. 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." "Master, carest thou not that we perish?"
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."





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"Care for" Quotes from Famous Books



... offended. I don't care for the age of any of my contributors. I know something of your famous successes, and I hope next time to approve and buy what ...
— Chester Rand - or The New Path to Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr
... pretty wistful smile, and her eyes glistened. "You did more for me," she said, "you got my bird back. I care more for that bird than I could ever care for any boat. My brother brought it to me from ...
— Tom Slade at Temple Camp • Percy K. Fitzhugh
... tendency, now marked in many quarters, to treat him merely as an invert, and to vilify him or glorify him accordingly. However important inversion may be as a psychological key to Whitman's personality, it plays but a small part in Whitman's work, and for many who care for that work a negligible part. (I may be allowed to refer to my own essay on Whitman, in The New Spirit, written nearly ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... dismissed, and kept on his way. He hardly knew whether to be glad or sorry that his uncle's family was coming to New York. He did not care for Edgar's companionship, nor did he expect to get any of it, but he knew that his mother would like to meet ...
— Mark Mason's Victory • Horatio Alger
... of sufficient capacity to care for additional load in the form of electric heating, cooking and other domestic appliances. The branch circuits should be heavy and numerous enough to care for additional outlets for lighting and appliances as found desirable. ...
— Fowler's Household Helps • A. L. Fowler


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