Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEN'DER-HEART-ED
TEN'DER-HEART-ED, a. [tender and heart.]
- Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence. When Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii.
- Very susceptible of the softer passions of love, pity, or kindness. Be ye kind one to another, and tender-hearted. Eph. iv.
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