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Definition of Seared
1. Adjective. Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat. "The seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising"
Definition of Seared
1. a. Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences.
Definition of Seared
1. Verb. (past of sear) ¹
2. Adjective. blackened by heat; scorched;burned ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seared
1. sear [v] - See also: sear
Medical Definition of Seared
1. Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral influences. "A seared conscience and a remorseless heart." (Macaulay) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seared
Literary usage of Seared
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Counsel and Encouragement: Discourses on the Conduct of Life by Hosea Ballou (1866)
"I. I would observe, that our text is the only passage in the Bible in which we
read of the conscience being seared, or hardened, or in which we meet with ..."
2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"if, and not believing of it, and that is the cause the conscience comes to be
seared, whereby comes condemnation; and that in the Romans, proves no such ..."
3. The Church Cyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1883)
"15), and of " a conscience" that is "seared with a hot iron" (2 Tim. iv. 21.
Of the first we know nothing, perhaps, by the light of nature or reason alone, ..."
4. The Theological and Literary Journal (1850)
"Dark storms passing over, perhaps may have seared thee; The moss of old age be
thy livery now; But much still survives which has justly endeared thee; ..."
5. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"Ay, trampled on blossoms, and seared the sweet breath Of the greenwood with
low-brooding vapors of death; O'er the flowers and the corn we were ..."
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