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What does take to heart mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word take to heart? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)
  2. (idiomatic) To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something.
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I still carried home a daybook full of things I want to remember, put into practice, take to heart, and share with others.
Every one who is come to years of understanding, and hears this gospel, is obliged to take to heart his own lost condition, and God's gracious offer of peace and salvation through Christ Jesus.
We all need to take to heart the message that we should not make promises we cannot keep.
Richard concludes his essay with an observation that I wish conservative democratic majoritarians would take to heart.
It's a lesson I hope you will take to heart as you prepare for the next phase of your life.
Likewise in the Hymn to Hermes it is Apollo who gives a most explicit teaching for the human audience to take to heart.

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