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I was talking to a person and they used:

> 大切にしたくなるよ。

Does that mean I have come to cherish or something like that?
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meaning verbs subsidiary-verbs
What does verb + くなる imply or mean?
Are you familiar with N + になる? (To become N). It's also done w/ verb forms &
adjectives ending in い. The い becomes く then add なる.

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    For adjectives:
    大きい -> 大きくなる (Big -> Become Big)
    狭い -> 狭くなる
    
    Similarly, this can be done w/ verbs
    したい -> したくなる (want to do - > become to want to do)
    行きたい -> 行きたくなる (Want to go -> become to want to go)
    
```

Obviously the above are literal translations. "Makes **_ want to _** " is
usually better but needs context.

Hope that helps.
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> Does that mean I have come to cherish or something like that?

Yes, that is precisely the idea!

Now, a grammar explanation...

「なる」 here means " ** _to reach a certain (new) state_** " and you will keep
encountering this usage of the word as long as you study Japanese. That is a
promise from a native speaker.

> 「[連用形]{れんようけい} (continuative form) + なる」＝ "to become ~~", "to start doing
> ~~", etc.

「たく」 is the 連用形 of the subsidiary verb 「たい」("to want to"); therefore,
「～～したくなる」 means "to start wanting to ~~". (「し」 is the 連用形 of「する」)

「[赤]{あか}くなる」 = "to turn red". 「赤く」 is the 連用形 of 「赤い」.

「パリに[行]{い}きたくなった。」 = "I have started wanting to go to Paris."
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