soulifyv.
/ˈsəʊlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈsoʊləˌfaɪ/ rare.
transitive (chiefly in passive). To endow with soul or a soul; to give life or spirit to; to animate.
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the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [verb (transitive)] > endow with a soul
soulOE
spiritize1654
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [verb (transitive)] > endow with
soulOE
ensoul1652
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1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 30 Therefore the Seeds of things that are not soulified, are indeed propagated no otherwise than as light taken from light.
1666 Duchess of Newcastle Descr. New World i. 80 If this be so, replied the Emperess, then I pray inform me, whether all matter be soulified?
1801 F. Barrett Magus ii. v. 16 There are in the blood certain vital powers, the which, as if they were soulified or enlivened, do demand revenge from Heaven.
1962 S. E. Toulmin & J. Goodfield Archit. of Matter (1982) i. vii. 149 [For seventeenth-century scientists] the air obviously played a crucial part in maintaining life, and it was a natural assumption that it must itself contain a ‘vitall form’..by which the blood was ‘soulified’.
Derivatives
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [adjective] > having
souleda1398
soulified1662
ensouled18..
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 155 Mineralls indeed, have not a seed, with the Image of their Predecessor, after the manner of soulified things.
1801 F. Barrett Magus i. i. 15 [Man's generation of himself] which at length should obtain..a soulified light from the Creator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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