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Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a
diminished degree. Concern is opposed to
indifference, and implies exercise of anxious thought more
or less intense. We are careful about the means,
solicitous and anxious about the end; we are
solicitous to obtain a good, anxious to avoid an
evil.

Care, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Cared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Caring.] [AS. cearian. See Care,
n.] To be anxious or solicitous; to be
concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by
an objective of measure.

I would not care a pin, if the other three
were in.

Shak.

Master, carest thou not that we perish?

Mark. iv. 38.

To care for. (a) To have
under watchful attention; to take care of.
(b) To have regard or affection for; to like
or love.

He cared not for the affection of the
house.

Tennyson.

Ca*reen" (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Careened (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Careening.

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