Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FEEL-ING
FEEL-ING, ppr.
- Perceiving by the touch; having perception.
- adj. Expressive of great sensibility; affecting; tending to excite the passions. He made a feeling representation of his wrongs. He spoke with feeling eloquence.
- Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling man; a feeling heart.
- Sensibly or deeply affected; as, I had a feeling sense of his favors. [This use is not analogical, but common.]
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