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Definition spirit

Etymology

From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin sp?r? (“I breathe, blow, respire”). Displaced native Middle English gast (“spirit”) (from Old English g?st (“breath, soul, spirit”)), whence modern English ghost.

Noun

spirit (countable and uncountable, plural spirits)

1. The soul of a person or other creature.
2. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
3. Enthusiasm.
4. The manner or style of something.
5. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
6. Energy; ardour.
7. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
8. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.
9. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
10. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
11. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
12. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
13. (dyeing) stannic chloride

Verb

spirit (third-person singular simple present spirits, present participle spiriting, simple past and past participle spirited)

1. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
2. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.

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