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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Care \Care\ (k[^a]r), n. [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow, Goth. kara, OHG chara, lament, and perh. to Gr. gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure. Cf. {Chary}.] 1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. [1913 Webster] Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. [1913 Webster] The care of all the churches. --2 Cor. xi. 28. [1913 Webster] Him thy care must be to find. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Perplexed with a thousand cares. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. [1913 Webster] I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety. [1913 Webster] Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. --Spenser. Syn: Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard; management; direction; oversight. -- {Care}, {Anxiety}, {Solicitude}, {Concern}. These words express mental pain in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a diminished degree. Concern is opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious thought more or less intense. We are careful about the means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are solicitous to obtain a good, anxious to avoid an evil. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Care \Care\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caring}.] [AS. cearian. See {Care}, n.] To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure. [1913 Webster] I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Master, carest thou not that we perish? --Mark. iv. 38. [1913 Webster] {To care for}. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love. [1913 Webster] He cared not for the affection of the house. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: care n 1: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: {care}, {attention}, {aid}, {tending}] 2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care" [syn: {caution}, {precaution}, {care}, {forethought}] 3: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: {concern}, {care}, {fear}] 4: a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife" 5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: {care}, {charge}, {tutelage}, {guardianship}] 6: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: {care}, {maintenance}, {upkeep}] v 1: feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care" 2: provide care for; "The nurse was caring for the wounded" [syn: {care}, {give care}] 3: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" [syn: {wish}, {care}, {like}] 4: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: {manage}, {deal}, {care}, {handle}] 5: be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" [syn: {worry}, {care}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: CARE Computer Assistance Resource Exchange