to ensoul
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9.9
- verb
- /ɪnˈsoʊl/
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dotar de alma
- But if one agrees with Vico, as I do, that what Aristotle calls Homeric similes are not similes at all, but accounts about states of affairs in reality, then everything is ensouled and nothing is inanimate.
- ensouled flesh
Examples
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Today, we seem to be deconstructing these certainties and moving toward a new perspective in which the autonomy that has been forged and the ensouled cosmos that had been suppressed are starting to come together.
Academic text (2001) -
Quintessentially, then, both Spirit and Earth are life-givers: the Spirit ensouls the Earth with the quickening breath of divine life, and the Earth enfleshes the Spirit as it offers spiritual and physical sustenance to all living things.
Academic text (2000) -
We "ensoul ourselves," as you might say. :)
Blog text (19) -
Part of being ensouled, or filled with soul, is to acquire expertise in the place of passion.
Academic text (2005) -
Or do you think Jesus-God just picked a couple from the many thousands of humans that were around at a certain time to ensoul, allowing the others to enter oblivion when they died just like all other animals?
Blog text (19) -
And if the song's in search of earth, and if the song's ensouled, then everything vanishes to void, and the stars by which it's known, and the voice that lets it all be and be gone.
Academic text (2012) -
Unfortunately, many Jews, because they have also lost touch with the spirit, tend to rely on their leaders, who have lost touch with the Spirit of God that ensouls the Word of God, and therefore are unable to guide by the power of their faith and God-connection.
Blog text (2) -
They'll say that the last common ancestor of all humans was the biblical Cain—his parents were the first ensouled folks, Adam and Eve.
Blog text (19) -
The artist believes that her painting can ensoul the viewer, connecting them to deep emotions.
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In many cultures, it is thought that music can ensoul objects, giving them a character of their own.
Synonyms
To make something feel holy or full of life
To give people a strong feeling of spiritual power
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ensoul joins the start en- meaning 'make into' or 'put into' and the word soul meaning 'spirit', just like enable uses en- to 'make' something able. So, to ensoul is to give a spirit or inner life to someone or something.