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Strongest matches

• admire
• adore
• appreciate
• care for
• cultivate
• defend
• embrace
• encourage
• enshrine
• entertain
• harbor
• hold dear
• honor
• love
• preserve
• revere
• safeguard
• treasure
• worship

Strong matches

• clasp
• coddle
• comfort
• cosset
• fancy
• fondle
• foster
• guard
• hug
• idolize
• like
• nourish
• nurse
• nurture
• pet
• prize
• reverence
• shelter
• shield
• support
• sustain
• value
• venerate

Weak matches

• cleave to
• dote on
• hold in high esteem

Strongest matches

• clasp
• clench
• fasten
• grasp
• grip
• snatch

Strong matches

• catch
• cherish
• clinch
• collar
• embrace
• glom
• grapple
• harbor
• hold
• hook
• keep
• nab
• nail
• seize
• snag
• take

Weak match

• put the snare on

Strongest matches

• believe
• cherish
• maintain
• retain

Strong matches

• consider
• entertain
• hold
• imagine
• regard

Weak match

• brood over

Strongest matches

• absorb
• contain
• enjoy
• have
• hold
• keep
• maintain
• own
• possess
• preserve
• recognize

Strong matches

• clutch
• detain
• grasp
• husband
• memorize
• mind
• recall
• recollect
• remember
• reminisce
• reserve
• restrain
• retrospect
• save
• withhold

Weak matches

• bear in mind
• hand onto
• hold fast
• keep in mind
• keep possession
• put away