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 Lose v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lost p. pr. & vb. n. Losing ]
 1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
 Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
 Of having lost her favorite dove.   --Prior.
 2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
    If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?   --Matt. v. 13.
 3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
    The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.   --Dryden.
 4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
    He hath lost his fellows.   --Shak
 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
    The woman that deliberates is lost.   --Addison.
 6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
 Like following life thro' creatures you dissect,
 You lose it in the moment you detect.   --Pope.
 7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
    He shall in no wise lose his reward.   --Matt. x. 42.
 I fought the battle bravely which I lost,
 And lost it but to Macedonians.   --Dryden.
 8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.]
    How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?   --Sir W. Temple.
 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
    O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.   --Baxter.
 To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.
 To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. “The mutineers lost heart.” --Macaulay.
 To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment, through fear, anger, or other emotion.
    In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads.   --Whitney.
 -- To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.
 To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.

 Heart n.
 1. Anat. A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
    Why does my blood thus muster to my heart!   --Shak.
 Note: ☞ In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being completely separated from the left auricle and ventricle; and the blood flows from the systemic veins to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle, from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle, from which it is driven into the systemic arteries.  See Illust. under Aorta.  In fishes there are but one auricle and one ventricle, the blood being pumped from the ventricle through the gills to the system, and thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or complete, and in reptiles the ventricles also are separated more or less completely.
    The so-called lymph hearts, found in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds, are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph into the veins.
 2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
    Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain.   --Emerson.
 3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc.
    Exploits done in the heart of France.   --Shak.
 Peace subsisting at the heart
 Of endless agitation.   --Wordsworth.
 4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
    Eve, recovering heart, replied.   --Milton.
    The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly from one country invade another.   --Sir W. Temple.
 5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
    That the spent earth may gather heart again.   --Dryden.
 6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
 7. One of the suits of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
 8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
    And then show you the heart of my message.   --Shak.
 9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. “I speak to thee, my heart.”
 Note: ☞ Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need no special explanation; as, heart-appalling, heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled, heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened, heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching, heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-sore, heart-stirring, heart-touching, heart-wearing, heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
 After one's own heart, conforming with one's inmost approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
    The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.   --1 Sam. xiii. 14.
 At heart, in the inmost character or disposition; at bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.
 By heart, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to know or learn by heart. “Composing songs, for fools to get by heart” (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn thoroughly). --Pope.
 to learn by heart, to memorize.
 For my heart, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.] “I could not get him for my heart to do it.” --Shak.
 Heart bond Masonry, a bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion. --Knight.
 Heart and hand, with enthusiastic coöperation.
 Heart hardness, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling; moral insensibility. --Shak.
 Heart heaviness, depression of spirits. --Shak.
 Heart point Her., the fess point. See Escutcheon.
 Heart rising, a rising of the heart, as in opposition.
 Heart shell Zool., any marine, bivalve shell of the genus Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell; esp., the European Isocardia cor; -- called also heart cockle.
 Heart sickness, extreme depression of spirits.
 Heart and soul, with the utmost earnestness.
 Heart urchin Zool., any heartshaped, spatangoid sea urchin. See Spatangoid.
 Heart wheel, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See Cam.
 In good heart, in good courage; in good hope.
 Out of heart, discouraged.
 Poor heart, an exclamation of pity.
 To break the heart of. (a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be utterly cast down by sorrow. (b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly; -- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the heart of the task.
 To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed. “I could find in my heart to ask your pardon.” --Sir P. Sidney.
 To have at heart, to desire (anything) earnestly.
 To have in the heart, to purpose; to design or intend to do.
 To have the heart in the mouth, to be much frightened.
 To lose heart, to become discouraged.
 To lose one's heart, to fall in love.
 To set the heart at rest, to put one's self at ease.
 To set the heart upon, to fix the desires on; to long for earnestly; to be very fond of.
 To take heart of grace, to take courage.
 To take to heart, to grieve over.
 To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, to expose one's feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.
 With all one's heart, With one's whole heart, very earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.