| 1. the heart
1) that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life 2) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life 1) the vigour and sense of physical life 2) the centre and seat of spiritual life 2b1. the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours 2b2. of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence 2b3. of the will and character 2b4. of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions 3) of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate |