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unˈsoul, v.
[un-2 6 b and 4. Cf. Du. ontzielen, G. entseelen.]
1. trans. To deprive of spirit or courage.
a1634Chapman Rev. for Honour i. i. 204 For shame, sir!.. Your sad appearance, should they thus behold you, Would half unsoul your army. 1641Shirley Cardinal ii. i, Such Another were enough to unsoul an Army; Ignobly talk of patience till they drink And reel to death?
2. To deprive of soul; to make soulless. Also const. of.
1652Benlowes Theoph. i. xxi, Such are their ranting catches, to unsoul And out-law man. 1654Cokaine Dianea iv. 336 But Cruelty..spoiles, unbowels, unsoules the world. a1743Ozell tr. Brantome's Sp. Rhodom. (1744) 123 Heaps of Bodies they had un-soul'd and deprived of vital air. 1805Wordsw. Prelude xii. 83 Even so could I unsoul As readily by syllogistic words Those mysteries of being. 1858J. Culross Lazarus Revived 46 There is a way of making truth plain and comprehensible by unsouling it of all that is..most precious in it.
3. To deprive of the essential qualities of a soul.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. Wks. (1712) 13 You may as soon unsoul the Soul. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 88 [When] we seem to deny the being of God,..we seem also to unsoul our souls. |