Meaning

(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion..

Definitions by Sense

1. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
2. (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
3. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
4. Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
6. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
7. (obsolete, except in the phrase "by heart") Memory.
8. (figurative) A wight or being.

Example Sentences

[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: […]

She has a cold heart.

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

"Do what the heart commands," Tothero says. "The heart is our only guide."

a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart

Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, / And in his eies the furies of his heart, / That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, / And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.

Calm and deep peace in this wide air, ⁠These leaves that redden to the fall; ⁠And in my heart, if calm at all, If any calm, a calm despair: […]

Word Forms

• hearts
• hart
• harte
• hearte
• hearting
• hearted

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