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unˈsouled, ppl. a.
[f. prec. or un-1 8. Cf. G. entseelt; also MHG. ungesêlt (obs. G. ungeseelt), G. unbeseelt.]
a. Deprived of soul.
b. Not endowed with soul.
1596Spenser F.Q. vii. vii. 46 Death..[is not] ought to see, but like a shade to weene, Vnbodied, vnsoul'd, vnheard, vnseene. 1620Shelton Quix. i. iv. v. 336, I know not what vnsouled folke they be, and so without conscience. 1633Ford Love's Sacr. i. ii, Thus, bodies walke vnsold. 1722Hamilton Wallace v. (1816) 67 The chief retires,..While twenty foes unsoul'd, adorn the fatal scene. a1750A. Hill Ronald & Dorna v, Trembling, I wait, unsoul'd, till you inspire. 1800Coleridge Piccolom. i. iv. 127 The painful toil..Left me a heart unsoul'd and solitary. 1840J. C. Mangan Poems (1903) 136 To be The world's applauded and degraded martyr, Unsouled, enthralled. 1885–94R. Bridges Eros & Psyche Mar. xii, Her fair Hellenic empire..For which she had..left her wanton images unsoul'd In Babylon and Zidon. |