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(), a.Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer. Soul (), a.Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer. Soul v. i.[F. soler to satiate. See Soil to feed.] To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] Warner. Soul n.[OE. soule, saule, AS. swel, swl; akin to OFries. sle, OS. sola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. sla, sula, Icel. sla, Sw. sjl, Dan. sil, 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 soul Soul (), v. t.To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.] Chaucer. スポンサード リンク
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