insoul

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verb

To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.

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Meanings

verbinsoul (third-person singular simple present insouls, present participle insouling, simple past and past participle insouled)

present singular third person insouls · participle present insouling · participle past insouled · past insouled

  1. obsoleteTo set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on.

    [He] could not but insoul himself in her.

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
    1 more example

    the soul must be informed, 'insouled,' or animated

    a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, A Sermon Preached to the University of Dublin

Origin

From in- + soul.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unsilounsoil
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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