| spirit | |
| 1. n. The soul of a person or other creature. | |
| 2. n. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel. | |
| A wandering spirit haunts the island. | |
| 3. n. Enthusiasm. | |
| School spirit is at an all-time high. | |
| 4. n. The manner or style of something. | |
| In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges. | |
| 5. n. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages. | |
| 6. n. Energy; ardour. | |
| 7. n. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper. | |
| a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit | |
| 8. n. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural. | |
| to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration. | |
| 11. n. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement. | |
| the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document | |
| 12. n. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). | |
| 13. n. (dyeing) stannic chloride | |
| 14. v. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery. | |
| 15. v. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up. | |
| Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men. | |
