Usually means: Unconditional love, selfless, divine origin.
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  1. agape: Merriam-Webster
  2. agape, agape: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. agape, agape: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. agape: Collins English Dictionary
  5. agape: Vocabulary.com
  6. Agape, agape: Wordnik
  7. agape: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. agape: Wiktionary
  9. agape: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. agape: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. agape: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Agape, agape: Dictionary.com
  13. agape: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Agape (disambiguation), Agape (moth), Agape (song), Agape: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Agape: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. agape: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. agape: Rhymezone
  18. Agape: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. agape: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Agape: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  21. agape: FreeDictionary.org
  22. agape: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. agape: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. agape: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. agape: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Agape: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  27. agape: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  28. agape: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. agape-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. agape: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. agape: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AGAPE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  2. Agape: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agape: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
adjective:  Wide open.
adverb:  In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
adverb:  Open wide.
noun:  (uncountable, Christianity) The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
noun:  (uncountable) Spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
noun:  (countable) A love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the Eucharist.

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