hearted

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He was kind-hearted, and nothing but the love of sport could induce him to violate the rights, or injure the feelings, of others.

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  1. Having a heart of a specified kind: generally used in figurative senses, and in composition: as, hardhearted, faint-hearted, etc. It may suffice us to be taught by S. Paull that there must be sects for the manifesting of those that are sound hearted. Milton, Church-Government, i. 7.
  2. Taken to heart; laid up or seated in the heart. I have told thee often, and I re-tell thee again and again, I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason. Shak., Othello, i. 3. Yield up, O love, thy crown, and hearted throne, To tyrannous hate! Shak., Othello, iii. 3.
  3. Composed of hearts.

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  • He was kind-hearted, and nothing but the love of sport could induce him to violate the rights, or injure the feelings, of others. —  In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant.
  • He was good-hearted, and could not bring himself to hammer on the doors; but as he went to the pantry to find something for himself, he concluded that they had fortified themselves against the fly by drawing the sheets over their heads The pantry and kitchen left him rueful. —  In the Mist of the Mountains
  • Grace was naturally kind-hearted, and respected people's feelings. —  The Right Knock A Story
  • They were soft-hearted, and stopped to inquire how long he had been blind Before you were born, my pretty maid," said Mills, sighing I have an aunt who is blind," said one of the girls; "but she is not poor, like you I am very poor," whined Mills; "I have not money enough to pay my rent, and I may be turned out into the street How sad!" —  The Telegraph Boy
  • He was large-hearted, apparently, and could not see a comely face without attempting intimate acquaintance with the possessor of it. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
 

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