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Definition: AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART |
AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART1. 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. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Favorite | Noun: favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gat_; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata. |
Love | Congenial; after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART": man after one's own heart. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "AFTER ONE'S OWN HEART"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kedvére való ember (sy after one's own heart). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | afteray one'say ownay earthay istediği gibi (after one's heart, as one desires, as one wishes), gönlüne göre (after one's heart), gönlünce (after one's heart). (various references) | ||||||||||
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