"besoul" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: besouls [present, singular, third-person], besouling [participle, present], besouled [participle, past], besouled [past]
Etymology: From be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul. Compare Dutch bezielen. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|soul|t1=unto, on, upon}} be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul, {{cog|nl|bezielen}} Dutch bezielen Head templates: {{en-verb}} besoul (third-person singular simple present besouls, present participle besouling, simple past and past participle besouled)
  1. (transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul. Tags: transitive Derived forms: besouled
    Sense id: en-besoul-en-verb-z83-L3iw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for besoul meaning in English (1.8kB)

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