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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind;

2. selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature);
[syn: agape, agape love]

3. a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship;
[syn: agape, love feast]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe;
- Example: "the gaping audience"
- Example: "we stood there agape with wonder"
- Example: "with mouth agape"
[syn: agape(p), gaping]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agape \A*gape"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gape.] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. [1913 Webster] Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agape \Ag"a*pe\, n.; pl. Agap[ae]. [Gr. 'aga`ph love, pl. 'aga`pai.] The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

agape adj 1: with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape" [syn: agape(p), gaping] n 1: (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind 2: selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) [syn: agape, agape love] 3: a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship [syn: agape, love feast]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

248 Moby Thesaurus words for "agape": Amor, BOMFOG, Benthamism, Christian charity, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, accord, accordance, admiration, adoration, affection, affinity, aghast, agog, agreement, ajar, all agog, altruism, amazed, amity, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, ardency, ardor, asperges, aspersion, astonished, astounded, at gaze, attachment, auricular confession, awaiting, awed, awestruck, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, beguiled, beneficence, benevolence, benevolent disposition, benevolentness, bewildered, bewitched, bigheartedness, bodily love, bonds of harmony, breathless, brotherly love, burning with curiosity, captivated, caritas, celebration, cement of friendship, certain, charitableness, charity, circumcision, communion, community, community of interests, compatibility, concord, concordance, confession, confident, confirmation, confounded, congeniality, conjugal love, consumed with curiosity, correspondence, curious, dehiscent, desire, devotion, dismayed, do-goodism, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, eager, empathy, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, esprit, esprit de corps, expectant, expecting, faithful love, fancy, fascinated, feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, fervor, flabbergasted, flame, flower power, fondness, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, free love, free-lovism, frictionlessness, gaping, gauping, gazing, generosity, ghoulish, giving, good vibes, good vibrations, goodwill, gossipy, grace, greatheartedness, happy family, harmony, heart, hero worship, high celebration, hopeful, humanitarianism, hypnotized, identity, idolatry, idolism, idolization, in anticipation, in awe, in awe of, in expectation, incense, inquiring, inquisitive, interested, invocation, invocation of saints, itchy, kinship, kiss of peace, largeheartedness, lasciviousness, lesser litany, libido, like, like-mindedness, liking, litany, looking for, looking forward to, lost in wonder, love, love feast, love of mankind, lovemaking, lustration, married love, marveling, mesmerized, morbid, morbidly curious, mutuality, not surprised, oneness, open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, oscitant, overcurious, overwhelmed, passion, pax, peace, philanthropism, philanthropy, physical love, popeyed, popular regard, popularity, prepared, processional, prurient, puzzled, quizzical, rapport, rapprochement, rapt in wonder, ready, reciprocity, reciting the rosary, regard, ringent, sanguine, scopophiliac, sentiment, sex, sexual love, sharing, shine, shocked, slack-jawed, solidarity, spellbound, spiritual love, staggered, staring, stupefied, supercurious, sure, surprised, sympathy, symphony, team spirit, telling of beads, tender feeling, tender passion, the confessional, the confessionary, thunderstruck, truelove, under a charm, understanding, union, unison, unity, unsurprised, utilitarianism, uxoriousness, voyeuristic, waiting, waiting for, watching for, weakness, welfarism, well-disposedness, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, worship, yawning, yearning