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Treasure   /trˈɛʒər/   Listen
Treasure

noun
1.
Accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc..  Synonym: hoarded wealth.
2.
Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection.  Synonym: gem.
3.
Any possession that is highly valued by its owner.
4.
A collection of precious things.
verb
(past & past part. treasured; pres. part. treasuring)
1.
Hold dear.  Synonyms: appreciate, prize, value.
2.
Be fond of; be attached to.  Synonyms: care for, cherish, hold dear.



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"Treasure" Quotes from Famous Books



... Heaven, sir, through me its unworthy instrument, entrusted to you yesterday an invaluable treasure; cherish it as you ought, and it will promote your temporal and ...
— Undine - I • Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
... helping hand in that direction; but as Blake does not see his way clear to leave her, he may as well take the berth offered to him. Privately, I believe Unwin is hugging himself under the idea that he has got a treasure. He spoke of him to me as a highly intelligent fellow and a first-rate Greek scholar, which we know are facts. His hours are pretty light—from ten to six—so he will have his evenings to himself; but I am sorry to say he means to look out for pupils. I have talked myself hoarse on the ...
— Lover or Friend • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... is, naturally enough, that to Allison, "Treasure Island" is the ne plus ultra and composite of all pirate stories, and this marvel of delight he called to Waller's attention while they were incubating "The Ogallallas." No sooner had Waller read it than the quatrain of Old Billy Bones took possession of him and ...
— The Dead Men's Song - Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its - Author Young Ewing Allison • Champion Ingraham Hitchcock
... the two states shared a common policy, hinting how in common they had warred against the barbarians, and more boldly recalling how the Athenians with the full consent and advice of the Lacedaemonians were chosen by united Hellas leaders of the common navy (37) and guardians of all the common treasure, while they themselves were selected by all the Hellenes as confessedly the rightful leaders on land; and this also not without the full consent and ...
— Hellenica • Xenophon
... of this exhaustive and unprofitable labor was the fascinating story of "The Gold Bug," a story in which the discovery of hidden treasure is brought about by the ...
— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe


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