and Chloe[obs3]. 
     V. caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the
cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness.
     clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one’s arms, strain in one’s arms; nestle,
nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute &c. (courtesy) 894; fold to the heart, press to the bosom.
     bill and coo, spoon, toy, dally, flirt, coquet; gallivant, galavant;
philander; make love; pay one’s court to, pay one’s addresses to, pay one’s attentions to; serenade; court, woo; set one’s cap at; be sweet upon, look sweet upon; ogle, cast sheep’s eyes upon; faire les yeux doux[Fr].
     fall in love with, win the affections &c. (love) 897; die for.
     propose; make an offer, have an offer; pop the question; plight one’s
troth, plight one’s faith. 
     Adj. caressing &c. v.; “sighing like furnace” [Shakespeare]; love-
sick, spoony.
     caressed &c.  V.
     Phr. “faint heart neer won fair lady”; “kisses honeyed by oblivion”
[G.  Eliot].

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     #903.  Marriage. —­ N. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union,
intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii[Lat], nuptial tie.
     married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation.
     match; betrothment &c. (promise) 768; wedding, nuptials, Hymen,
bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar &c. v.; nuptial benediction, epithalamium[obs3]; sealing.
     torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon.
     bridesmaid, bridesman[obs3], best man; bride, bridegroom. married man,
married woman, married couple; neogamist[obs3], Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate[obs3]; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one’s bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.
     feme[Fr], feme coverte[Fr]; squaw, lady; matron, matronage,
matronhood[obs3]; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife.
     monogamy, bigamy, digamy[obs3], deuterogamy[obs3], trigamy[obs3],
polygamy; mormonism; levirate[obs3]; spiritual wifery[obs3], spiritual wifeism[obs3]; polyandrism[obs3]; Turk, bluebeard[obs3].
     unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill-
assorted marriage; mesalliance; mariage de convenance[Fr].
     marriage broker; matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial
bureau, matchmaker; schatchen[Ger]. 
     V. marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go
off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched[U.S. slang], lead to the hymeneal altar, take “for better for worse”, give one’s hand to, bestow one’s hand upon.
     marry, join, handfast[obs3]; couple &c. (unit) 43; tie the nuptial
knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth &c. (promise) 768; publish the banns,