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English Dictionary: soul	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for soul
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soul n the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life Synonym(s): soul, psyche a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Synonym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul deep feeling or emotion Synonym(s): soul, soulfulness the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor" a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soul \Soul\, a. Sole. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soul \Soul\, a. Sole. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soul \Soul\, v. i. [F. so[96]ler to satiate. See {Soil} to feed.] To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] --Warner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soul \Soul\, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s[be]wel, s[be]wl; akin to OFries. s[?]le, OS. s[?]ola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s[?]la, s[?]ula, Icel. s[be]la, Sw. sj[84]l, Dan. si[91]l, Goth. saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L. saeculum a lifetime, age (cf. {Secular}.)] 1. The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, [bd]an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence.[b8] --Tylor. The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing. --Law. 2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. [bd]The hidden soul of harmony.[b8] --Milton. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul. --Milton. 3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army. He is the very soul of bounty! --Shak. 4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness. That he wants algebra he must confess; But not a soul to give our arms success. --Young. 5. A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. --Prov. xxv. 25. God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword! --Shak. Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). --Cowper. 6. A pure or disembodied spirit. That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee. --Milton. Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul-consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul-exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc. Syn: Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor. {Cure of souls}. See {Cure}, n., 2. {Soul bell}, the passing bell. --Bp. Hall. {Soul foot}. See {Soul scot}, below. [Obs.] {Soul scot} [or] {Soul shot}. [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. s[be]welsceat.] (O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul. --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soul \Soul\, v. t. To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.] --Chaucer.