Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CARE, n. [Sax. car, cara; Goth. kar, kara; Ir. car; L. cura. In Welch, cur is care, anxiety; also, a blow, or beating, a throb; curaw, to beat, strike, or throb, to fight; curiaw, to trouble, vex, pine, or waste away. In L. curo signifies to care, and to cure. In Sp. curar is to prescribe medicine; to salt or cure, as flesh; to season, as timber; to bleach, as cloth; intransitively, to recover from sickness; and reciprocally, to take care of one's self. In Italian, curare is to cure, attend, protect, defend, and to value or esteem. In French, curer is to cleanse; “curer les dens,” to pick the teeth; cure is a benefice. The primary sense is, to strain, or stretch, as in care, attention, and curious is stretching forward; but the sense of separating, or driving off, is comprehended, which gives the French sense, and the sense of prying into is included in curious. The sense of healing is from that of care, or making sound and strong. The Welch sense of beating is from driving, thrusting, coinciding with straining. See Cark and Cure.]

1. Concern; anxiety; solicitude; noting some degree of pain in the mind, from apprehension of evil. They shall eat bread by weight and with care. Ezek. iv.
2. Caution; a looking to; regard; attention, or heed, with a view to safety or protection, as in the phrase, “take care of yourself.” A want of care does more damage than a want of knowledge. Franklin.
3. Charge or oversight, implying concern for safety and prosperity; as, he was under the care of a physician. That which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 2 Cor. xi.
4. The object of care, or watchful regard and attention; as, “Is she thy care?” Dryden.

CARE, v.i.

1. To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned about. Master, carest thou not that we perish? Mark iv.
2. To be inclined or disposed; to have regard to; with for before a noun, and to before a verb. “Not caring to observe the wind.” “Great masters in painting never care for drawing people in the fashion.” In this sense the word implies a less degree of concern. The different degrees of anxiety expressed by this word constitute the chief differences in its signification or applications.

CARE'CRAZ-ED, a. [care and craze.]

Broken or disordered by care, or solicitude; as, a care-crazed mother. Shak.

CARE-DE-FY'ING, a.

Bidding defiance to care. Shenstone.

CA-REEN', v.i.

To incline to one side, as a ship under a press of sail. Mar. Dict.

CA-REEN', v.t. [Fr. carener, from carene, the side and keel of a ship; L. carina; Sp. carenar; Port. querenar; It. carenare.]

In sea language, to heave or bring a ship to lie on one side, for the purpose of calking, repairing, cleansing, or paying over with pitch the other side. Mar. Dict.

CA-REEN'ED, pp.

Laid on one side; inclined.

CA-REEN'ING, n.

The act of heaving down on one side, as a ship.

CA-REEN'ING, ppr.

Heaving down on one side; inclining.

CA-REER', n. [Fr. carriere; Sp. carrera; Port. carreira; It. carriera. It is from the root of car, and L. curro, from the sense of running.]

1. l. A course; a race, or running; a rapid running; speed in motion. Wilkins. Prior.
2. General course of action or movement; procedure; course of proceeding. Continue and proceed in honor's fair career. Dryden.
3. The ground on which a race is run. Johnson.
4. In the manege, a place inclosed with a barrier, in which they run the ring. Encyc.
5. In falconry, a flight or tour of the hawk, about 120 yards. Encyc.

CA-REER', v.i.

To move or run rapidly. When a ship is decked out in all her canvas, every sail swelled, and careering gaily over the curling waves, how lofty, how gallant she appears! Irving.

CA-REER'ING, ppr.

Running or moving with speed.

CARE'FUL, a. [See Care.]

1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things. Luke x.
2. Provident; attentive to support and protect; with of or for. Thou hast been careful for us with all care. 2 Kings iv. What could a careful father more have done. Dryden. In present usage careful is generally followed by of; as, careful of health.
3. Watchful; cautious; giving good heed; as, be careful to maintain good works; be careful of your conversation.
4. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; full of cares. Raised to a careful hight. Shak.

CARE'FUL-LY, adv.

1. With care, anxiety, or solicitude. Though he sought it carefully with tears. Heb. xii.
2. Heedfully; watchfully; attentively; as, consider these precepts carefully. If thou carefully hearken to the Lord. Deut. xv.
3. In a manner that shows care. Envy, how carefully does it look. Collier.
4. Providently; cautiously. Johnson.

CARE'FUL-NESS, n.

1. Anxiety; solicitude. Drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness. Ezek. xii.
2. Heedfulness; caution; vigilance in guarding against evil, and providing for safety.

CARE'LESS, a. [care and less. Sax. leas; Goth. laus. See Loose.]

1. Having no care; heedless; negligent; unthinking; inattentive; regardless; unmindful; followed by of or about; as, a careless mother; a mother careless of or about her children, is an unnatural parent.
2. Free from care or anxiety; whence, undisturbed; cheerful. Thus wisely careless, innocently gay. Pope.
3. Done or said without care; unconsidered; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.
4. Not regarding with care; unmoved by; unconcerned for; as, careless of money; careless of consequences.
5. Contrived without art. Bp. Taylor

CARE'LESS-LY, adv.

In a careless manner or way; negligently; heedlessly; inattentively; without care or concern.

CARE'LESS-NESS, n.

Heedlessness; inattention; negligence; manner without care.

CAR'EN-TANE, n. [Fr. quarantaine, forty.]

A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties. Taylor.

CA-RESS', n.

An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing with tenderness; as, conjugal caresses. Milton.

CA-RESS', v.t. [Fr. caresser; Arm. cheriçza, to caress, and to cherish; W. caredigaw; It. carezza, flattery, a caressing; careggiare, to coax, flatter, esteem; Sp. caricia, a caress; acariciar, to caress, cherish, fondle; Port. id. It may be from the common root of L. carus, Fr. cher, cherir, W. car. But some difficulties attend this hypothesis.]

To treat with fondness, affection, or kindness; to fondle; to embrace with tender affection, as a parent a child. South.

CA-RESS'ED, pp.

Treated or embraced with affection.

CA-RESS'ING, ppr.

Treating with endearment or affection.

CA'RET, n. [L. caret, there is wanting, from careo, to want.]

In writing, this mark, ^, which shows that something, omitted in the line, is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, and should be read in that place.

CARE'TUN-ED, a.

Tuned by care; mournful. Shak.