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ction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts. Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. W. Irving.

Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. Shak.

ssion of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort. Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured. W. Ivring.

h and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. -- To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. -- To play one's cards wel…

The heart.

Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.

A pain about the heart. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardisc palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

Sir T. Browne. Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers. -- Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compa…

t with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Description of the heart.

An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Checking or arresting the heart's action.

The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser. Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak.

h his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.

hly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson.