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ensoul

American  
[en-sohl] / ɛnˈsoʊl /

verb (used with object)

  1. to endow with a soul.

  2. to place or cherish in the soul.

    lines of Shakespeare ensouled by all.


ensoul British  
/ ɪnˈsəʊl /

verb

  1. to endow with a soul

  2. to cherish within the soul

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of ensoul

First recorded in 1625–35; en- 1 + soul

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In the future fifth chain it will ensoul the vegetable kingdom, in the sixth the animal, and in the seventh it will attain humanity.

From A Textbook of Theosophy by C. W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater

They are found in all regions, and they ensoul the energies of Nature.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Wood Besant

I knew that the daylight was needed to ensoul it, to give to the dead unmeaning material its spiritual symbolism.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller

For the light of Romance falls on him; he is a shining half faery figure.—Outwardly there was pomp, stately manners, pageantry, high magnificence; inwardly, a burning-up of the national imagination to ensoul it.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris

To all the feebleness of infancy His majestic powers bow themselves, letting but little play forth on the tender forms they ensoul.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Wood Besant

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