From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Feel \Feel\ (f[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felt (f[e^]lt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Feeling.] [AS. f[=e]lan; akin to OS.
gif[=o]lian to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G.
f["u]hlen, Icel. f[=a]lma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm
palm of the hand, L. palma. Cf. Fumble, Palm.]
1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means
of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body,
especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited
by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.
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Who feel
Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel.
--Creecn.
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2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this
piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often
with out.
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Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son.
--Gen. xxvii.
21.
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He hath this to feel my affection to your honor.
--Shak.
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3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to
experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or
sensitive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.
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Teach me to feel another's woe. --Pope.
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Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil
thing. --Eccl. viii.
5.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
--Pope.
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Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt.
--Byron.
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4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to
have an inward persuasion of.
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For then, and not till then, he felt himself.
--Shak.
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5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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To feel the helm (Naut.), to obey it.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Feel \Feel\, n.
1. Feeling; perception. [R.]
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To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its
genial warmth. --Hazlitt.
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2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon
one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy
feel.
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The difference between these two tumors will be
distinguished by the feel. --S. Sharp.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Feel \Feel\, v. i.
1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything
with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the
surface of the body.
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2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected.
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[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron.
--Burke.
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And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. --Pope.
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3. To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind,
persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's
self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the
state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.
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I then did feel full sick. --Shak.
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4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know
certainly or without misgiving.
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Garlands . . . which I feel
I am not worthy yet to wear. --Shak.
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5. To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce
an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by
an adjective describing the kind of sensation.
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Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels
smooth. --Dryden.
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To feel after, to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a
person groping in the dark. "If haply they might feel
after him, and find him." --Acts xvii. 27.
To feel of, to examine by touching.
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