spirit /spirˈit/

1. The vital principle
2. The principle of thought
3. The soul
4. A disembodied soul
5. A ghost
6. An incorporeal being
7. Enthusiasm
8. Actuating emotion, disposition, frame of mind
9. A leading, independent, or lively person
10. Animation
11. Verve
12. Courage
13. Mettle
14. Real meaning
15. Essence, chief quality
16. A breath of wind (archaic or poetic)
17. A breath (obsolete)
18. A breathing (Gr grammar)
19. A kidnapper (obsolete)
20. (usu in pl) a formerly supposed subtle substance in the body
21. (in pl) cheerful or exuberant vivacity
22. (in pl) state of mind, mood
23. (in pl) mental powers (obsolete)
24. (in pl) spirituous liquor
25. (the following also in pl, sometimes with verb in sing) a distilled liquid
26. An aqueous solution of ethyl alcohol
27. A solution in alcohol

1. To give spirit to
2. To inspirit, encourage, cheer
3. To convey away secretly, to kidnap (often with away, off)

spirˈited adjective

1. Full of spirit, life, or fire
2. Animated
3. Possessed by a spirit

spirˈitedly adverb

spirˈitedness noun

spirˈitful adjective

spirˈiting noun

1. The action of someone who spirits in any sense
2. The behaviour of a spirit or sprite

spirˈitism noun

1. Spiritualism
2. Animism

spirˈitist noun

spiritistˈic adjective

spirˈitless adjective

1. Without spirit, cheerfulness, or courage
2. Dejected
3. Dead

spirˈitlessly adverb

spirˈitlessness noun

spirˈitous adjective

1. Of the nature of spirit, pure
2. Ardent, spirituous

spirˈitousness noun

spirˈitūal adjective

1. Of, of the nature of, relating to, spirit, a spirit, spirits, the mind, the higher faculties, the soul
2. Highly refined in thought and feeling, habitually or naturally looking to things of the spirit
3. Incorporeal
4. Ecclesiastical, religious
5. Witty, clever, as a Gallicism
6. Spirituous (obsolete or rare)

1. That which is spiritual
2. A black American religious song

spirˈitualism noun

1. The condition of being spiritual
2. The philosophical doctrine that nothing is real but soul or spirit
3. The doctrine that spirit has a real existence apart from matter
4. The interpretation of a varied series of abnormal phenomena as for the most part caused by spiritual beings acting upon specially sensitive persons or mediums (also spirˈitism)

spirˈitualist noun

1. Someone who has a regard only to spiritual things
2. (sometimes with cap) someone who holds the doctrine of spiritualism or spiritism

spiritualistˈic adjective

spirituality /-alˈi-ti/ noun

1. The state of being spiritual
2. That which is spiritual
3. Property held or revenue received in return for spiritual service (historical)
4. The clergy (historical)

spiritualīzāˈtion or spiritualīsāˈtion noun

spirˈitualize or spirˈitualise transitive verb

1. To make spiritual
2. To imbue with spirituality
3. To refine
4. To free from sensuality
5. To give a spiritual meaning to

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