Ensouls

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To bestow a spiritual essence or life force upon an entity
2. To endow a being or object with a spiritual essence or inner life force
3. To breathe spiritual vitality into something, giving it a sense of life or consciousness

Etymology: "Ensouls" is the third-person singular form of "ensoul," meaning to give spiritual life to something. The verb is built from the prefix "en-," meaning "in" or "into," and the noun "soul," so it literally means to put a soul into something or someone. The root "soul" traces back to Old English "sāwol," which passed through Middle English "soule" to become the modern word. The prefix "en-" came into English through Old French from Latin "in-," so the two parts reached English by different routes before joining together.

Synonyms: animates, vivifies