The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body,
perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself;
that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of
sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the
sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.
An act or state of perception by the sense
above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act
or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself;
consciousness.
The capacity of the soul for emotional
states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the
sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a
man destitute of feeling.
Any state or condition of emotion; the
exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as,
a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly
feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility.
That quality of a work of art which
embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to
affect similarly the spectator.