Spirit Definition

spĭrĭt
spirited, spirits
noun
spirits
Life, will, consciousness, thought, etc., regarded as separate from matter.
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A supernatural being.
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An individual person or personality thought of as showing or having some specific quality.
The brave spirits who pioneered.
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The actual though unstated sense or significance of something.
The spirit of the law.
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The thinking, motivating, feeling part of a person, often as distinguished from the body; mind; intelligence.
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verb
To carry (away, off, etc.) secretly and swiftly, or in some mysterious way.
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To inspirit, animate, encourage, cheer, etc.
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To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
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adjective
Operating by the burning of alcohol.
A spirit lamp.
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Of spirits or spiritualism.
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Believed to be manifested by spirits.
Spirit rapping.
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pronoun
The Holy Spirit: in Christian theology, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, the three aspects of God.
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The name given to a Mars exploration rover launched June 10, 2003. See Wikipedia's article.
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idiom
in spirit
  • furnishing inspiration or moral support, but otherwise not physically present

    he could not attend, but he's here with us in spirit

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out of spirits
  • sad; depressed
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the Spirit
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Other Word Forms of Spirit

Noun

Singular:
spirit
Plural:
spirits

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Origin of Spirit

  • From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit"), from Latin spÄ«ritus (“breath; spirit"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe"). Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin spÄ«rō (“I breathe, blow, respire"). Cognate with Old English fisting (“(silent) breaking of wind"). Displaced native Middle English gast (“spirit") (from Old English gāst (“breath, soul, spirit")). More at fist.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French espirit from Latin spīritus breath from spīrāre to breathe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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