spirit
v.
abduct, remove secretly; invigorate, enliven, animate
n.
soul; supernatural being, demon, ghost; psyche; essence; essential nature; intent; vivacity, energy, animation; character, overall feeling, alcohol (British)
Spirit
Spirit (Belgium)
Spirit (der)
n.
spirit, ghost
spirit (de)
n.
vivacity, verve, energy
Spirit
(n.)
A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
(n.)
A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
(n.)
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
(n.)
Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
(n.)
Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
(n.)
Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
(n.)
Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
(n.)
Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
(n.)
Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
(n.)
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
(n.)
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
(n.)
Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
(n.)
Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
(n.)
Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
(n.)
Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
(n.)
The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
(v. t.)
To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
(v. t.)
To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Found in dictionary: life principle,
atmosphere,
character,
fiber,
supernatural being,
signification,
significance,
animation,
brio,
vivification,
temperament,
enliven,
liven up