"have the heart" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has the heart [present, singular, third-person], having the heart [participle, present], had the heart [participle, past], had the heart [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> the heart}} have the heart (third-person singular simple present has the heart, present participle having the heart, simple past and past participle had the heart)
  1. (especially negative) to have the capacity (to do something); to be able to bring oneself to do something, especially something cruel or hardhearted Tags: especially, negative Hypernyms: have it in one Translations (have the capacity for): nænne (Danish)
    Sense id: en-have_the_heart-en-verb-Li33QDIV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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