person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
(noun) a human being; “there was too much for one person to do”
soul
(noun) the human embodiment of something; “the soul of honor”
soul
(noun) a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; “soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement”
soul, soulfulness
(noun) deep feeling or emotion
soul, psyche
(noun) the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Source: WordNet® 3.1
soul (countable and uncountable, plural souls)
(religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death.
The spirit or essence of anything.
Life, energy, vigor.
(music) Soul music.
A person, especially as one among many.
An individual life.
(math) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
• (spirit or essence of anything): crux, gist; See also gist
• (a person): See also person
soul (third-person singular simple present souls, present participle souling, simple past and past participle souled)
(obsolete, transitive) To endow with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
To beg on All Soul's Day.
soul (third-person singular simple present souls, present participle souling, simple past and past participle souled)
(obsolete) To afford suitable sustenance.
• Luso-, luso-
Source: Wiktionary
Soul, a.
Definition: Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Soul, a.
Definition: Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Soul, v. i. Etym: [F. soûler to satiate. See Soil to feed.]
Definition: To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] Warner.
Soul, n. Etym: [OE. soule, saule, AS. sawel, sawl; akin to OFries. s, OS. s, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s, s, Icel. sala, Sw. själ, Dan. siæl, 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 souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing. Law.
2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. "The hidden soul of harmony." Milton. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul. Milton.
3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able gemeral is the soul of his army. He is the very soul of bounty! Shak.
4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness. That he wants algebra he must confess; But not a soul to give our arms success. Young.
5. A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Prov. xxv. 25. God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword! Shak. Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.
6. A pure or disembodied spirit. That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee. Milton.
Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul- consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul- exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc.
Syn.
– Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor. Cure of souls. See Cure, n., 2.
– Soul bell, the passing bell. Bp. Hall.
– Soul foot. See Soul scot, below. [Obs.] -- Soul scot or Soul shot. Etym: [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. sawelsceat.] (O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul. Ayliffe.
Soul, v. t.
Definition: To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
