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Causing overpowering sorrow.

Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.

Having heartburn. Shak.

Same as Heartburn.

Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak.

Rooted in the heart. Herbert.

Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon.

To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak.

One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne.

Hearty; sincere.

Heartache; sorrow. Milton.

the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove. There was a fire on the hearth burning before him. Jer. xxxvi. 22. Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak.

Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.

From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity. I heartily forgive them. Shak.

The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.

Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.

A little heart.

An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.