Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to soul
Participle: souled
Gerund: souling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | soul |
| you | soul |
| he;she;it | souls |
| we | soul |
| you | soul |
| they | soul |
Perfect
| I | have souled |
| you | have souled |
| he;she;it | has souled |
| we | have souled |
| you | have souled |
| they | have souled |
Past
| I | souled |
| you | souled |
| he;she;it | souled |
| we | souled |
| you | souled |
| they | souled |
Pluperfect
| I | had souled |
| you | had souled |
| he;she;it | had souled |
| we | had souled |
| you | had souled |
| they | had souled |
Future
| I | will soul |
| you | will soul |
| he;she;it | will soul |
| we | will soul |
| you | will soul |
| they | will soul |
Future Perfect
| I | will have souled |
| you | will have souled |
| he;she;it | will have souled |
| we | will have souled |
| you | will have souled |
| they | will have souled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | soul |
| you | soul |
| he;she;it | soul |
| we | soul |
| you | soul |
| they | soul |
Perfect
| I | have souled |
| you | have souled |
| he;she;it | have souled |
| we | have souled |
| you | have souled |
| they | have souled |
Imperfect
| I | souled |
| you | souled |
| he;she;it | souled |
| we | souled |
| you | souled |
| they | souled |
Pluperfect
| I | had souled |
| you | had souled |
| he;she;it | had souled |
| we | had souled |
| you | had souled |
| they | had souled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would soul |
| you | would soul |
| he;she;it | would soul |
| we | would soul |
| you | would soul |
| they | would soul |
Perfect
| I | would have souled |
| you | would have souled |
| he;she;it | would have souled |
| we | would have souled |
| you | would have souled |
| they | would have souled |
Imperative
| you | soul |
| we | Let's soul |
| you | soul |
Verbs conjugated like 'soul'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'soul'
foul,
joul,
soil,
sool,
soum,
soup,
sour,
sowl,
woul,
youl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Scots saul, sowel (“soul”), Saterland Frisian Seele (“soul”), West Frisian siel (“soul”), Alemannic German Seel (“soul”), Central Franconian Siel (“soul”), Dutch ziel (“soul”), German Seele (“soul”), German Low German Seel (“soul”), Luxembourgish Séil (“soul, spirit”), Vilamovian zejł, zəjł, zyił (“soul”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala, “soul”). Scandinavian homonyms seem to have been borrowed from Old Saxon sēola. Modern Danish sjæl (“soul”), Icelandic sál (“soul”), Norwegian Bokmål sjel (“soul”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjel, sål (“soul”), Swedish själ (“soul”), Finnish sielu (“soul”) may have come from Old English sāwol. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Seele'.
Sample Sentences
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All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake — a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices. [1981, Geoffrey Scard, Squire and tenant: life in rural Cheshire, 1760-1900, page 93:]