Defn: Rooted in the heart. Herbert.
HEART-EATING
Heart"-eat`ing, a.
Defn: Preying on the heart.
HEARTED
Heart"ed, a.
1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] Landor.
3. Seated or laid up in the heart. I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted. Shak.
Note: This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard-hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted, lion-hearted, stout-hearted, etc. Hence the nouns hard-heartedness, faint-heartedness, etc.
HEARTEDNESS
Heart"ed*ness, n.
Defn: Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon.