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insouling

insouling is the present participle and gerund of insoul.

Meaning of insoul

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

Questions about insouling

What is insouling the present participle and gerund of?
Insouling is the present participle and gerund of insoul.

Words near insouling in the dictionary

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

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