endeared

adjective2

1. •
   Characterized by affection; loving.

   • While convalescent he wrote a long letter to an old fellow-student, between whom and himself there appears to have subsisted a very endeared friendship. — 1827
2. •
   (no longer used) Having become treasured or precious; beloved.

   • O, how should we prize the friendship of that most endeared Redeemer, who laid down his life not for his friends, but for his enemies, and of enemies to make them friends. — 1817