Emotion

n. [Lat. as if emotio, from emovere; Fr. émotion, It. emozione. See EMMOVE.] A moving of the mind or soul; hence, any excitement of sensibility; a state of excited feeling of any kind; especially, an intense excitement of feeling manifested by motion or effects on the body; rarely, the capacity for emotion; feeling; agitation; trepidation; tremor; perturbation. “The emotions of humanity.” Bp. Taylor.

How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving.

Synonyms—Feeling; agitation; tremor. —EMOTION, FEELING, AGITATION. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, &c. Agitation may be bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See PASSION. “Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence: emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing.” Crabb.

v. t. To move; to excite the sensibilities of. [Rare.] W. Scott.