ENSOUL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

ensoul

verb

Definition of ensoul

as in to ennoble

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But there is no doubt in my mind that the musical ennobles the previously more limited material, which is not often the case when Hollywood movies are scored and sung.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
The book’s post-apocalyptic setting ennobles its meditations on selfhood and finitude; the narrator’s search for perpetuity is lent an unshakable gravity by her circumstances.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of ennoble

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Summary SpaceX has completed its $60 billion all-stock acquisition of AI coding firm Cursor, a move that significantly enriches its four MIT alumni founders.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Stars are born from the molecular gas clouds that lie in interstellar space, and these clouds are enriched with the elements produced by fusion reactions within previous generations of stars.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of enrich

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Each envelope contains a message meant to encourage, validate or uplift the person who selects it.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Login The Christian Science Monitor was founded in 1908 to lift the standard of journalism and uplift humanity.

— Suzanne Salvatore, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of uplift

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Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Geraldine walked over to Felix and Jane’s for fish soup, through long autumn shadows in the park, haze rising like smoke from the grass, illumined by the low sun.

— Tessa Hadley, New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2026

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