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An act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.

Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic] The full bent and stress of the soul. Norris.

To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss. "My betossed soul." Shak.

Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke.

ch a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden.

The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.…

nd. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.

dog hath his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs. Hakluyt. Sins which black thy soul. J. Fletcher.

make defective, either the body or mind. Sin is a soil which blemisheth the beauty of thy soul. Brathwait.

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Ps. ciii. 1.

ciple; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. Spenser.

Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth.

exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott.

Motionless; destitute of breezes. A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.

Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

ic enfranchisement, Nirvâna) as the greatest good. Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life. Their number was estimated in 1881 at 470,000,000.

throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. "Why art thou cast down. O my soul" Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to tw…

, casuistry. The judment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence. South.

To unite closely and strongly. And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. Shak.