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besoul

besoul verb: to imbue or endow with a soul.

Verb

besoul (third-person singular simple present besouls, present participle besouling, simple past and past participle besouled)

  1. (transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul.
    • As we have seen, it does not belong to the concept of material body to be alive, and even less to the be alive in and independent way and therefore to be besouled.1960, Karl Barth, Karl Barth G. W. Bromiley T. F. Torrance, Church Dogmatics the Doctrine of Creation, Reprint edition, Continuum International Publishing Group, published 2004, →ISBN

Forms of besoul

third-person singular presentbesouls
present participlebesouling
past participlebesouled
pastbesouled

Origin of besoul

From be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul. Compare Dutch bezielen.

Words formed from besoul

Questions about besoul

What does besoul mean?
Besoul means to imbue or endow with a soul.
What part of speech is besoul?
Besoul is a verb.
What is the past tense of besoul?
The past tense of besoul is besouled.

Words near besoul in the dictionary

  1. besotten
  2. besotting
  3. besottingly
  4. besought
  5. besoughtest
  6. besoul
  7. besouled
  8. besouling
  9. besouls
  10. besour
  11. besoured

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