Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HURT, v.t. [pret. and pp. hurt. Sax. hyrt, wounded; It. urtare, Fr. heurter, to strike or dash against; W. hyrziaw, to push, thrust or drive, to assault; to butt; Arm. heurda.]

1. To bruise; to give pain by a contusion, pressure, or any violence to the body. We hurt the body by a severe blow, or by tight clothes and the feet by fetters. Ps. cv.
2. To wound; to injure or impair the sound state of the body, as by incision or fracture.
3. To harm; to damage; to injure by occasioning loss. We hurt a man by destroying his property.
4. To injure by diminution; to impair. A man hurts his estate by extravagance.
5. To injure by reducing in quality; to impair the strength, purity or beauty of. Hurt not the wine and the oil. Rev. vi.
6. To harm; to injure; to damage, in general.
7. To wound; to injure; to give pain to; as, to hurt the feelings.