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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soul/səʊl/
noun
  • 1 the spiritual or immaterial part of a person, regarded as immortal.

    ■ a person's moral or emotional nature or sense of identity.

  • 2 emotional or intellectual energy or intensity.

    ■ soul music.

  • 3 a person regarded as the embodiment of a quality: he was the soul of discretion.

    ■ an individual.

    ■ a person regarded with affection or pity.

– phrases
lost soul a soul that is damned.
upon my soul dated an exclamation of surprise.
– derivatives
-souled adjective.
– origin OE sāwol, sāw(e)l, of Gmc origin.



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