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insoul

insoul verb: to set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.

Verb

insoul (third-person singular simple present insouls, present participle insouling, simple past and past participle insouled)

  1. (obsolete) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.
    • the soul must be informed, 'insouled,' or animateda. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, A Sermon Preached to the University of Dublin
    • [He] could not but insoul himself in her.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of insoul

third-person singular presentinsouls
present participleinsouling
past participleinsouled
pastinsouled

Origin of insoul

From in- + soul.

Questions about insoul

What does insoul mean?
Insoul means to set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.
What part of speech is insoul?
Insoul is a verb.
What is the past tense of insoul?
The past tense of insoul is insouled.

Words near insoul in the dictionary

  1. insooth
  2. insouciance
  3. insouciances
  4. insouciant
  5. insouciantly
  6. insoul
  7. insouled
  8. insouling
  9. insouls
  10. insource
  11. insourced

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