besoul

B3E1S1O1U1L1

verb

To imbue or endow with a soul.

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Meanings

verbbesoul (third-person singular simple present besouls, present participle besouling, simple past and past participle besouled)

present singular third person besouls · participle present besouling · participle past besouled · past besouled

  1. transitiveTo imbue or endow with a soul.

    As we have seen, it does not belong to the concept of material body to be alive, and even less to the be alive in and independent way and therefore to be besouled.

    1960, Karl Barth, Karl Barth G. W. Bromiley T. F. Torrance, Church Dogmatics the Doctrine of Creation, Reprint edition, Continuum International Publishing Group, published 2004, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
soul

Origin

From be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul. Compare Dutch bezielen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

blouseboulesBelousobelus
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Chicago

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