cherishment

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃmənt/

Noun

cherishment (countable and uncountable, plural cherishments)

(rare) the act of cherishing
(obsolete) encouragement; comfort
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
  rich bounty and dear cherishment

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cherishment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)