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insoul

verb

Etymology

From in- + soul.

  1. inherited from *saiwalō✻ — “soul”
  2. inherited from *saiwalu✻
  3. inherited from sāwol — “soul, life, spirit, being”
  4. inherited from soule
  5. prefixed as insoul — “in + soul”

Definitions

  1. To set a soul in

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

    • the soul must be informed, 'insouled,' or animated
    • [He] could not but insoul himself in her.

The neighborhood

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