English dictionary
soul
/s/oU/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Sole.
Source: webster1913
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Sole.
Source: webster1913
noun
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the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Synonyms psycheSource: WordNet 3.0
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a human being
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deep feeling or emotion
Synonyms soulfulnessSource: WordNet 3.0
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the human embodiment of something
ExamplesThe soul of honor.
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a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
ExamplesSoul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>feeling</i>. In a more general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence."
Source: webster1913
verb
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To afford suitable sustenance.
Source: webster1913
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To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
Source: webster1913