a. [ L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F. sensuel. ] 1. Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far as creation's ample range extends,
The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly. [ 1913 Webster ]

These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Jude 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sensualisme. ] 1. The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philos.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Ethics) The regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good. Krauth-Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. sensualiste. ] 1. One who is sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Sensual. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. sensualité, L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation. ] The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those pampered animals
That rage in savage sensuality. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They avoid dress, lest they should have affections tainted by any sensuality. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sensualized p. pr. & vb. n. Sensualizing ] To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized. T. H. Skinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sensual manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sensuality; fleshliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sensualism. [ 1913 Webster ]