'To feel after' definitions:
Definition of 'To feel after'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected. [1913 Webster]
- [She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I then did feel full sick. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving. [1913 Webster]
- Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels smooth. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To feel after'
- Feel,
- Feeling,
- Feelingly,
- To feel of,
- feel for,
- feel out,
- feeling for,
- feeling out,
- feelings,
- To feel at home,
- To feel the helm,
- blah feeling,
- class feeling,
- express feelings,
- feel like,
- feeling of movement,
- fellow feeling,
- guilt feelings,
- hard feelings,
- intuitive feeling,
- sinking feeling,
- Fellow-feeling,
- To feel one's pulse,
- feel like a million,
- feel like a million dollars