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▪ I. heartful, n.|ˈhɑːtfʊl| [f. heart n. + -ful 2.] As much as a heart can contain: chiefly fig.
1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 253 So that I may get my heartful of my Lord Jesus. 1839Bailey Festus xx. (1848) 264 It is a handful of eternal truth Make ye a heartful of it. 1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. (1861) 302 If she is of the real woman sort, and has a few heartfuls of wild blood in her. ▪ II. ˈheartful, a.|ˈhɑːtfʊl| [f. heart n. + -ful 1.] Full of heart; characterized by deep emotion or sincere affection; hearty.
1375, etc. [implied in next]. 1535Coverdale Ezek. xxvii. 32 They shall mourne for the with hertfull sorow. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. iv. i. 206 Happy, heart-full hours! 1881Palgrave Vis. Eng., Sir Hugh Willoughby, The heartful prayers, the fireside blaze and bliss. |