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  1. transitive verb To perceive through the sense of touch: feel the velvety smoothness of a peach.
  2. transitive verb To perceive as a physical sensation: feel a sharp pain; feel the cold.
  3. transitive verb To touch.
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sense ·  feeling ·  spirit ·  expression ·  sensation ·  fear ·  touch ·  memory ·  movement

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feel:   feeling ·  felt ·  feels
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  1. Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English felen, from Anglo-Saxon fēlan, feel, commonly in comp. ge-fēlan, feel, perceive, = Old Saxon gifōlian = OFries. fēla = Dutchvoelen = Old High German fuolen, touch, feel, Middle High German vuelen, German fühlen, feel, = Danish föle, feel; not in Gothic (Moesogothic) or Scandinavian; √ *fol, found perhaps in Anglo-Saxon folm = Old Saxon folm = Old High German folma, the hand (whence ult. English fumble, grope, famble, stammer: see fumble, famble), = Latin palma, the palm of the hand: see palm.
  2. from feel, v.
  3. from Middle English feele, fele, adverb; from feel, a.
 

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