Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To endow with a soul.
- transitive verb To place, receive, or cherish in the soul.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To endow or imbue with a soul.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To indue or imbue (a body) with soul.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To give a
soul or place in the soul.
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Examples
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But those who do and who are also evolutionists (such as CS Lewis), typically argue that God chose to "ensoul" the creatures we now describe as human beings at some point in their evolutionary history.
BBC Blog Network 2009
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Thus it comes about that this kosmos, lit with many lights, gleaming in its souls, receives still further graces, gifts from here and from there, from the gods of the Supreme, and from those other Intellectual-Principles whose nature it is to ensoul.
The Six Enneads. Plotinus 1952
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-- Outwardly there was pomp, stately manners, pageantry, high magnificence; inwardly, a burning-up of the national imagination to ensoul it.
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 Kenneth Morris 1908
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They are found in all regions, and they ensoul the energies of Nature.
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Consciousnesses which ensoul the force and matter [329] which is Nature,
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890
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To all the feebleness of infancy His majestic powers bow themselves, letting but little play forth on the tender forms they ensoul.
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Perhaps it the angels that come and ensoul the little guy just before he is sufficiently smart to realize it.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] TomR 2009
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Perhaps it the angels that come and ensoul the little guy just before he is sufficiently smart to realize it.
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#82 ensoul : I am not a lesbian but I would love another wife.
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#63 ensoul, I just checked out your website, your work is amazing!
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