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Definition & Synonyms
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• Spirit
- (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
- (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.) 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.) 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.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
- (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.) 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.
- (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
- (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
- (n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
- (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
- (n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
- (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
- (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.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- (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.
- (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
Synonyms:
Feel, Feeling, Flavor, Heart, Inspirit, Intent, Life, Liveliness, Look, Purport, Smell, Sprightliness, Tone,
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• Spiritful
- (a.) Full of spirit; spirited.
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• Spiritualist
- (n.) One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
- (a.) Spiritualistic.
- (n.) One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
- (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
Synonyms:
Medium, Spiritualistic,
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Events, Resist, Interviewers, Achievements, Intellectual, Interviewer, Panel, Orgasm, Abstained, Hefty, Revival, Development, Sacred, Menticide, Impossible, Insolent, Hide-Bound, Celebrateing, Archdukes, Backed, Twinkle, Lust, Tariff, Starving, Kittens, Cdd, Entertainment, Hostle, Intervening, Guide, Intervenes, Acquired, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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