"dearheart" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1684, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress part two, 1850 David Bogue edition, page 277 http://books.google.com/books?id=IecHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277&dq=dearheart",
          "text": "What was it, then, dearheart, that hath prevailed with thee to do as thou hast done?"
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          "ref": "2005, Anita Diamant, The Last Days of Dogtown, Scribner, page 143",
          "text": "I'm not deserting you, dearheart. I'll be home tomorrow, or the day after.",
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        "A term of affection."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term of affection",
          "word": "sydänkäpynen"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "text": "What was it, then, dearheart, that hath prevailed with thee to do as thou hast done?"
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      "word": "sydänkäpynen"
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