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caress

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caress/kəˈres/

▶verb touch or stroke gently or lovingly. ▶noun a gentle or loving touch.

– derivatives
caressing adjective,
caressingly adverb.

– origin C17: from Fr. caresser (v.), caresse (n.), from Ital. carezza, based on L. carus ‘dear’.

'caress' also found in these Oxford entries:

fondle - kiss - neck - pash - pet - stroke - tongue - touch

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dandle in the sense of caress
to caress - to stroke

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