Makes something or someone warmer, or (figuratively) makes a person feel emotionally better or more affectionate.
From Old English 'wearmian,' from Proto-Germanic root meaning 'warm.' The word has both literal uses (increasing temperature) and figurative uses (kindling emotions) for thousands of years.
The phrase 'warms my heart' isn't just poetry—studies show that warmth and emotional kindness activate the same brain regions, which is why we literally feel emotional warmth as physical heat!
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