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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes,
life itself. |
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A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a
mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it
has left the body. |
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Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a
specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. |
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Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of
active qualities. |
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Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,
the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from
wine): -- often in the plural. |
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Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors
having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. |
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A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf.
Tincture. |
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Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac,
quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). |
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Stannic chloride. See under Stannic. |
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To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to
inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private
men; -- sometimes followed by up. |
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To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if
by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off. |
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