[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fond \fond\, v. t.
   to caress; to fondle. obs.
   1913 webster

         the tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fond \fond\, v. i.
   to be fond; to dote. obs. --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fond \fond\, n. f., fr. l. fundus. see fund. obs., or used
   as a french word
   1. foundation; bottom; groundwork; specif.:
      a lace making the ground.
      b cookery the broth or juice from braised flesh or
          fish, usually served as a sauce.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   2. fund, stock, or store.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
fund 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fond \fond\, obs.
   imp. of find. found. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
find 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fond \fond\, a. compar. fonder; superl. fondest. for
   fonned, p. p. of oe. fonnen to be foolish. see fon.
   1. foolish; silly; simple; weak. archaic
      1913 webster

            grant i may never prove so fond
            to trust man on his oath or bond.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent;
      over-affectionate.
      1913 webster

   3. affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a
      fond mother or wife. --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent,
      or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of
      formerly also by on.
      1913 webster

            more fond on her than she upon her love. --shak.
      1913 webster

            you are as fond of grief as of your child. --shak.
      1913 webster

            a great traveler, and fond of telling his
            adventures.                           --irving.
      1913 webster

   5. doted on; regarded with affection. r.
      1913 webster

            nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
                                                  --byron.
      1913 webster

   6. trifling; valued by folly; trivial. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
fonder fondest fon 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fond
     adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
            children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond
            of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
            syn: affectionate, caring, lovesome, tender,
            warm
     2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring
        grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting
        husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a
        fond mother" syn: adoring, doting
     3: absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming
        president"; "fond fancies"
     4: followed by `of' or `to' having a strong preference or
        liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror
        movies" syn: fondp, partialp
see also:
affectionate caring lovesome tender warm adoring 
doting fondp partialp 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

117 moby thesaurus words for "fond":
   addicted to, adoring, affectionate, apish, asinine, aspiring,
   assured, attached to, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted,
   bootless, brainless, buffoonish, caring, cockeyed, confident,
   conjugal, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dear,
   demonstrative, devoted, dizzy, doting, dumb, easily taken in,
   easy of belief, empty, expectant, faithful, fatuitous, fatuous,
   filial, flaky, fond of, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled,
   full of hope, futile, gaga, goofy, gulled, hooked on, hopeful,
   hoping, husbandly, idiotic, imbecile, in good heart, in hopes,
   inane, inclined to believe, indulgent, inept, infatuated, insane,
   kooky, languishing, lonesome, loony, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome,
   loving, mad, maternal, maudlin, melting, moronic, naive, nutty,
   of good cheer, of good hope, overconfiding, overcredulous,
   overtrustful, overtrusting, parental, partial to, paternal,
   responsive, romantic, sanguine, sappy, screwy, senseless,
   sentimental, silly, soft, stupid, superstitious, sympathetic,
   tender, thoughtless, trustful, trusting, uncritical, undespairing,
   undoubting, unskeptical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, upbeat,
   uxorious, vain, wacky, warm, wet, wifely, witless

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