To endow with a soul or spiritual essence; to animate spiritually.
From 'be-' (causative prefix) plus 'soul' (Old English 'sāwol,' from Proto-Germanic *saiwalo-). The verb means to put or invest a soul into something.
Medieval philosophers and poets used 'besoul' to describe artistic creation—the idea that a painter or poet could literally put a soul into their work through their creative power!
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