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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

insoul en · VERB

Etymology

From in- + soul.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.
    • the soul must be informed, 'insouled,' or animated a. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
insouled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
insouled Tense=Past lexicographic
insouling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
insouls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic