Why this word is great
BESOUL — [Verb] To imbue or endow with a soul. From be- ("unto, on, upon") + soul ("spiritual essence"). Compare Dutch bezielen ("to animate"). Unlike "animate" (which focuses on imparting life or motion) or "inspirit" (which suggests uplifting or energizing), to besoul is to grant the ineffable spark of sentience itself. It is the sculptor’s chisel pausing mid-stroke as the marble gazes back, the puppeteer’s shudder when the wooden limbs twitch without strings, or the moment a child’s stuffed bear—worn and loved—acquires a name, a voice, a presence in the dark. To besoul is to cross the threshold between making and mythmaking, where the act of creation becomes a covenant.