Dear

1. To endear.
2. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious.
3. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
4. Dearly; at a high price.
5. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
6. A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
7. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
8. Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
9. Of agreeable things and interests.