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treas·ure  (trzhr)
n.
1. Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables.
2. Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
3. One considered especially precious or valuable.
tr.v. treas·ured, treas·ur·ing, treas·ures
1. To keep or regard as precious; value highly. See Synonyms at appreciate.
2. To accumulate and store away, as for future use.
[Middle English tresure, from Old French tresor, from Latin thsaurus, from Greek thsauros.]
treasur·a·ble adj.
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Adj.1.treasuredtreasured - characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; "a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted"
cherished, precious, wanted
loved - held dear; "his loved companion of many years"
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"Don't take on so," she said kindly, and then remembering her treasured property, and probably fearing a counterclaim on my part to its possession, "But how can you be sure she was here?
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
So now, after all its adventures, having been found, we shall never know where, by a gentleman in the days of Queen Elizabeth, having lain on his bookshelves unknown and unread for a hundred years and more, having been nearly destroyed by fire, having been still further destroyed by neglect, Beowulf at last came to its own, and is now carefully treasured in a glass case in the British Museum, where any one who cared about it may go to look at it.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Bennet treasured up the hint, and trusted that she might soon have two daughters married; and the man whom she could not bear to speak of the day before was now high in her good graces.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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