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To feel after (gcide) | Feel \Feel\, v. i.
1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything
with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the
surface of the body.
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2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected.
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[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron.
--Burke.
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And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. --Pope.
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3. To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind,
persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's
self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the
state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.
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I then did feel full sick. --Shak.
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4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know
certainly or without misgiving.
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Garlands . . . which I feel
I am not worthy yet to wear. --Shak.
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5. To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce
an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by
an adjective describing the kind of sensation.
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Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels
smooth. --Dryden.
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To feel after, to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a
person groping in the dark. "If haply they might feel
after him, and find him." --Acts xvii. 27.
To feel of, to examine by touching.
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