Loves what may be so dear (6)
I believe the answer is:
adores
'loves' is the definition.
(adoring is a kind of loving)
'may be so dear' is the wordplay.
'may be' indicates an anagram.
'so'+'dear'='sodear'
'sodear' anagrammed gives 'ADORES'.
'what' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for adores that I've seen before include "is lover" , "Worships, venerates" , "Worships as divine" , "Loves deeply, worships" , "Loves; reveres" .)