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besouling

besouling is the present participle and gerund of besoul.

Meaning of besoul

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

Questions about besouling

What is besouling the present participle and gerund of?
Besouling is the present participle and gerund of besoul.

Words near besouling in the dictionary

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

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