| a. | 1. | Sole. |
| v. i. | 1. | To afford suitable sustenance. |
| n. | 1. | The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; - sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; - sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; - sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence." |
| 2. | The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. |
| 3. | The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army. |
| 4. | Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness. |
| 5. | A human being; a person; - a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. |
| 6. | A pure or disembodied spirit. |
| 7. | A perceived shared community and awareness among African-Americans. |
| 8. | Soul music. |
| v. t. | 1. | To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. |
| a. | 1. | By or for African-Americans, or characteristic of their culture; as, soul music; soul newspapers; soul food. |
soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"