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Grammar : Verb
Spell : feel
Phonetic Transcription : fil



Definition of feel for

Origin :
  • Old English felan "to touch, perceive," from Proto-Germanic *foljan (cf. Old Saxon gifolian, Old Frisian fela, Dutch voelen, Old High German vuolen, German fühlen "to feel," Old Norse falma "to grope"), from PIE root *pal- "to touch, feel, shake, strike softly" (cf. Greek psallein "to pluck (the harp)," Latin palpare "to touch softly, stroke," palpitare "to move quickly"), perhaps ultimately imitative.
  • The sense in Old English was "to perceive through senses which are not referred to any special organ." Sense of "be conscious of a sensation or emotion" developed by late 13c.; that of "to have sympathy or compassion" is from c.1600. To feel like "want to" attested from 1829.
  • As in pity : verb feel sorry for; spare
  • As in reach : verb stretch to; touch
  • As in respond : verb act in answer to something
  • As in understand : verb think, believe
  • As in bleed : verb grieve
  • As in feel sorry for : verb feel compassion for
  • As in come at : verb reach, attain
  • As in commiserate : verb listen to woes of another
  • As in empathize : verb identify with
  • As in identify with : verb put oneself in the place of another

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