soul

[Soul]

The noun soul can mean an individual human being, but it can also mean essence of a human being. If you believe the soul is immortal, you believe that even when your physical body dies, some other part of you lives on.

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Sole.

Noun
a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

Noun
the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"

Noun
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"

Noun
deep feeling or emotion

Noun
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

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a.
Sole.

v. i.
To afford suitable sustenance.

n.
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, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."

n.
The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.

n.
The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.

n.
Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.

n.
A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.

n.
A pure or disembodied spirit.

v. t.
To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.


Soul

Soul , a. Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Soul

Soul, v. i. [F. so'96ler to satiate. See Soil to feed.] To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] Warner.

Soul

Soul, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s'bewel, s'bewl; akin to OFries. sle, OS. sola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. sla, sula, Icel. s'bela, Sw. sj'84l, Dan. si'91l, 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, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence." Tylor.
The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing.
2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. "The hidden soul of harmony." Milton.
Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul.
3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able gemeral is the soul of his army.
He is the very soul of bounty!
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.
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.
God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword!
Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul).
6. A pure or disembodied spirit.
That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee.
&hand; 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 ∨ Soul shot. [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. s'bewelsceat.] (O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul. Ayliffe.

Soul

Soul , v. t. To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sole.

To afford suitable sustenance.

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, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."

To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.

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Usage Examples

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.

All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.

According to the Jain view, soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in the living being. The Jain thinks that the phenomena of knowledge, feeling, thinking and willing are conditioned on something, and that that something must be as real as anything can be.

A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.

Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

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