[pa. pple. of FEEL v.] In various senses of the vb. FEEL.
1581. Mulcaster, Positions, xxx. (1887), 113. Where no sensible let is, no felt feeblenesse.
1640. Bp. Hall, Chr. Moder., 23/1. Sorrow is for present and felt evils.
1833. Chalmers, Const. Man (1835), I. i. 109. Armed with the felt authority of a master.
1850. M’Cosh, Div. Govt., I. ii. (1874), 41. Man is in felt contact nowhere with the Creator.
1885. Nicolson, Mem. Adam Black, Pref. 5. One of the ‘felt wants’ of our time.
