heart

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. ; see also.

Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old English. However, the meaning “center” dates from the early 14th century.

The verb sense “to love” is from the 1977 advertising campaign.

Noun

 * 1)  A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
 * 2)  One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
 * 3) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
 * 4) Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
 * 5) * 2008, "Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers," Quaker Action (magazine), vol. 89, no. 3, page 8:
 * "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
 * 1) Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
 * 2)  Memory.
 * 3)  A wight or being.
 * 4) A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
 * 5)  A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
 * 6)  The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
 * 7)  The centre, essence, or core.
 * 1) * 2008, "Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers," Quaker Action (magazine), vol. 89, no. 3, page 8:
 * "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
 * 1) Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
 * 2)  Memory.
 * 3)  A wight or being.
 * 4) A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
 * 5)  A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
 * 6)  The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
 * 7)  The centre, essence, or core.
 * 1)  Memory.
 * 2)  A wight or being.
 * 3) A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
 * 4)  A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
 * 5)  The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
 * 6)  The centre, essence, or core.
 * 1)  Memory.
 * 2)  A wight or being.
 * 3) A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
 * 4)  A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
 * 5)  The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
 * 6)  The centre, essence, or core.
 * 1)  A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
 * 2)  The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
 * 3)  The centre, essence, or core.

Verb

 * 1)  To be fond of.
 * 2) * 2006, Susan Reinhardt, Bulldog doesn't have to rely on the kindness of strangers to draw attention, Citizen-Times.com
 * I guess at this point we were supposed to feel elated she'd come to her senses and decided she hearts dogs after all.
 * 1) * 2008 July 25, "The Media Hearts Obama?", On The Media, National Public Radio
 * 2)   To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
 * 3)  To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
 * 4)  To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
 * 5)  To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
 * 1)   To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
 * 2)  To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
 * 3)  To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
 * 4)  To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
 * 1)  To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
 * 2)  To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
 * 3)  To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
 * 1)  To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  passion; determination