возлюбить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic възлюбити (vŭzljubiti). Compare native невзлюбить (nevzljubitʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vəz⁽ʲ⁾lʲʉˈbʲitʲ]

Verb

возлюби́ть • (vozljubítʹpf (imperfective люби́ть)

  1. (poеtic, dated) to come to love, to fall in love [with accusative ‘someone’ and instrumental ‘by force of something’]
    Synonym: полюби́ть (poljubítʹ)
    возлюби́ть всем се́рдцемvozljubítʹ vsem sérdcemto fall in love with all one’s heart

Conjugation