unsoulv.

Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(b), 1b Compare Dutch ontzielen, German entseelen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsoul.

1. transitive. To deprive of spirit or courage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage

cowardc1300

anarrowc1400

accowardize1480

accoward1481

daunton1535

quail1548

daunt1569

quay1590

disheart1603

dishearten1606

cravena1616

break1619

unsoula1634

unnerve1638

cowardize1648

daff1673

to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745

becoward1831

a1634 G. Chapman Revenge for Honour (1654) i. i. 204 For shame, sir!.. Your sad appearance, should they thus behold you, Would half unsoul your army.

1641 J. Shirley Cardinal ii. i Such Another were enough to unsoul an Army; Ignobly talk of patience till they drink And reel to death?

2. To deprive of soul; to make soulless. Also const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > inform or give a thing its essence [verb (transitive)] > deprive of essence or quintessence

quintessence1584

quintessentiate1606

dispirit1642

unsoul1652

eviscerate1664

spirit1677

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] > deprive of soul

unsoul1741

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. xxi. 4 Such are their Ranting Catches to unsoul, And out-law Man.

1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 336 But Cruelty..spoiles, unbowels, unsoules the world.

1741 J. Ozell tr. P. de B. de Brantôme Spanish Rhodomontades 123 Heaps of Bodies they had un-soul'd and deprived of vital Air.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) xi. 434 Even so did I unsoul As readily by syllogistic words..Those mysteries of passion.

1858 J. Culross Lazarus Revived 46 There is a way of making truth plain and comprehensible by unsouling it of all that is..most precious in it.

3. To deprive of the essential qualities of a soul.

ΚΠ

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) 13 You may as soon unsoul the Soul.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 46 [When] we seem to deny the being of God,..we seem also to unsoul our souls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unsoul
释义	unsoulv. Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(b), 1b Compare Dutch ontzielen, German entseelen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsoul. 1. transitive. To deprive of spirit or courage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage cowardc1300 anarrowc1400 accowardize1480 accoward1481 daunton1535 quail1548 daunt1569 quay1590 disheart1603 dishearten1606 cravena1616 break1619 unsoula1634 unnerve1638 cowardize1648 daff1673 to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745 becoward1831 a1634 G. Chapman Revenge for Honour (1654) i. i. 204 For shame, sir!.. Your sad appearance, should they thus behold you, Would half unsoul your army. 1641 J. Shirley Cardinal ii. i Such Another were enough to unsoul an Army; Ignobly talk of patience till they drink And reel to death? 2. To deprive of soul; to make soulless. Also const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > inform or give a thing its essence [verb (transitive)] > deprive of essence or quintessence quintessence1584 quintessentiate1606 dispirit1642 unsoul1652 eviscerate1664 spirit1677 the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] > deprive of soul unsoul1741 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. xxi. 4 Such are their Ranting Catches to unsoul, And out-law Man. 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 336 But Cruelty..spoiles, unbowels, unsoules the world. 1741 J. Ozell tr. P. de B. de Brantôme Spanish Rhodomontades 123 Heaps of Bodies they had un-soul'd and deprived of vital Air. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) xi. 434 Even so did I unsoul As readily by syllogistic words..Those mysteries of passion. 1858 J. Culross Lazarus Revived 46 There is a way of making truth plain and comprehensible by unsouling it of all that is..most precious in it. 3. To deprive of the essential qualities of a soul. ΚΠ 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) 13 You may as soon unsoul the Soul. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 46 [When] we seem to deny the being of God,..we seem also to unsoul our souls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.a1634
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