Care /(kâr)/

1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

   Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.

2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

   The care of all the churches.

   Him thy care must be to find.

   Perplexed with a thousand cares.

3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.

   I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.

4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

   Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.

imp. & p. p. Cared; p. pr. & vb. n. Caring

1. 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.

   Master, carest thou not that we perish?

   He cared not for the affection of the house.