Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FEEL
FEEL, v.i.
- To have perception by the touch, or by the contact of any substance with the body.
- To have the sensibility or the passions moved or excited. The good man feels for the woes of others. Man, who feels for all mankind. Pope.
- To give perception; to excite sensation. Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels smooth. Dryden. So we say, a thing feels soft or hard, or it feels hot or cold.
- To have perception mentally; as, to feel hurt; to feel grieved; to feel unwilling.
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