TREASURE
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Treas"ure (?), n. [OE. tresor, tresour, F. trésor, L. thesaurus, Gr. &unr_; a stone laid up, treasure, probably from the root of &unr_; to put, place. See Thesis, and cf. Thesaurus.] 1. Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.
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This treasure hath fortune unto us given.
Chaucer.
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2. A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty.
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We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey.
Jer. xli. 8.
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3. That which is very much valued.
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Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
Ex. xix. 5.
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From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure.
Milton.
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Treasure city, a city for stores and magazines. Ex. i. 11.
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Treas"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Treasured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Treasuring.] To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.
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