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- verb idiomatic To provide
happiness , to bring a deeply-feltcontentment
Etymologies
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Unknown, possibly derived either from the similarity in appearance of the heart valves to the cockle, a bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae or from a misuse of the medieval Latin word for heart - cochleae cordis. An Irish Gaelic origin has been suggested.
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