a. and adv. [f. SOUL sb. + -LIKE.]
A. adj. Like or resembling a soul or that of a soul; suggestive of a or the soul.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 259. I look not for any Soule-like Composure, among the works of men.
1838. Marg. Fuller, Wom. 19th C. (1862), 351. The pine-trees sigh with their soul-like sounds for June.
1845. Bailey, Festus (ed. 2), 219. The soul-like moon, In passive beauty and receptive light.
1899. A. E. Garvie, Ritschlian Theol., ii. 43. He considers himself warranted in making the metaphysical inference … that things must be soul-like beings.
B. adv. After or in the manner of a soul.
1845. Bailey, Festus (ed. 2), 223. The temple yet to be rebuilt in Zion … shall soul-like yet re-rise from ruin.
