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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

59,147 words match “HE”

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

HEARTEN v. 2 definitions

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.

HEARTH n. 3 definitions

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; 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.

HEARTILY adv. 2 definitions

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.

HEARTLESS a. 3 definitions

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

A little heart.

HEARTLINGS interj.

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

Same as Heartseed.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear. In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

HEARTRENDING a.

Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]

HEARTSTRICKEN a.

Shocked; dismayed.