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Bodily fear

Bodily \Bod"i*ly\, a.

  1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.

    You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us.
    --Tatler.

  2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. ``Bodily defects.''
    --L'Estrange.

  3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.]

    Be brought to bodily act.
    --Shak.

    Bodily fear, apprehension of physical injury.

    Syn: See Corporal.