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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of treasure.
  • adjective valued (especially having a personal value)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

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Examples

  • Make a cover and artwork for the spine of the notebook, so that it is clearly identified as your treasured recipes.

    Unclutter Your Life in One Week Erin Rooney Doland 2009

  • I thought I'd ask one of the so-called treasured demographically enhanced viewers what they thought of the Oscar changes.

    Barry Levinson: The Oscar Telecast According to "Him" 2009

  • I was also very lucky that I didn't break my hand, though I did break a treasured watch that my father had passed on to me and also punctured an expensive hole in my living-room wall.

    Forgiving Bill Buckner 2008

  • Label their treasured used clothes and skip the first day ceremony.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Eileen Wacker 2011

  • She treats last meals as something special and treasured, which is perhaps why some of the world's famous chefs have agreed to participate in her project.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • People seem to feel that they're doing the world a favor by donating their "treasured" articles to libraries.

    Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing 2010

  • God repeats and expands his promises throughout Genesis, and by the time Moses comes into the picture, God says that if the people of Israel follow his commandments he will make them a "treasured" or "special" nation -- which has been translated many time as "chosen." in prayers like the Friday night blessing over the wine: "Because it is us You have chosen and blessed above all the other nations."

    Amy Klein: The Real Myth -- and Gift -- of Jewish Chosenness 2010

  • We'd met at a party, gone hiking a few times, and he'd become the kind of treasured person you call when you're in trouble because you know he'll drop everything and come help.

    Sara Davidson: Can Fate Sabotage Romance? 2009

  • A loner in consequence, it's hinted, of a dislocated social background; now essentially affectless — making love "with cold passion" to any one of three complaisant married women — enjoying a life of comfort, tended by a "treasured" Scots housekeeper in his apartment on one of Chelsea's posher squares.

    Bring Back James Bond! 2008

  • I can't believe this guys views are seriously "treasured".

    Roger Ebert Reveals His 20 Best Films of 2008 « FirstShowing.net 2008

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