Definition of spirit Spirit
/spɪˈɹʌt/ - [spirut] - Spir•it
We found 38 definitions of spirit from 7 different sources.
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| spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | ||
| disembodied spirit | ||
| spiritual being, supernatural being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events | ||
| control the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" | ||
| evil spirit a spirit tending to cause harm | ||
| banshee, banshie (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | ||
| djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | ||
| familiar spirit, familiar a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | ||
| peri (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done | ||
| fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre, apparition an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger" | ||
| presence the act of being present | ||
| kachina a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift | ||
| numen a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion) | ||
| python large Old World boas | ||
| silvan, sylvan a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods | ||
| thunderbird (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird | ||
| spirit - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" | ||
| tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell | ||
| ambiance, ambience, atmosphere the atmosphere of an environment | ||
| hollywood the film industry of the United States | ||
| spirit - a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character | ||
| fibre, fiber, character a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | ||
| braveness, courage, courageousness, bravery a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | ||
| spirit - the vital principle or animating force within living things | ||
| life principle, vital principle a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed | ||
| spirit - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" | ||
| liveliness, life, sprightliness | ||
| brio, spiritedness, invigoration, vivification, animation the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something | ||
| pertness quality of being lively and confident; "there was a pertness about her that attracted him" | ||
| airiness, delicacy lightness in movement or manner | ||
| alacrity, briskness, smartness liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" | ||
| vim, muscularity, vigor, vigour, energy the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle | ||
| elan enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness; "a performance of great elan and sophistication" | ||
| esprit liveliness of mind or spirit | ||
| breeziness, jauntiness a breezy liveliness; "a delightful breeziness of manner" | ||
| irrepressibility, buoyancy irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor" | ||
| high-spiritedness exuberant liveliness | ||
| ebullience, exuberance, enthusiasm overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval | ||
| spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" | ||
| emotional state | ||
| emotion any strong feeling | ||
| embarrassment some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" | ||
| rapture, raptus, ecstasy, exaltation, transport a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens | ||
| gratification, satisfaction the act or an instance of satisfying | ||
| felicity, happiness pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | ||
| state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | ||
| spirit - the intended meaning of a communication | ||
| intent, purport | ||
| signification, meaning, significance, import the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" | ||
| spirit - an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart" | ||
| heart | ||
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| spirit - infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up" | ||
| spirit up, inspirit | ||
| liven, liven up, enliven, animate, invigorate make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- spirit (Noun)
The undying essence of a human. The soul. - spirit (Noun)
A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel. - spirit (Noun)
enthusiasm. - spirit (Noun)
The manner or style of something. - spirit (Noun)
A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages. - spirit (Noun)
Energy. - spirit (Verb)
To carry off , especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spirit (n.)
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. - spirit (n.)
A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. - spirit (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. - 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. - spirit (n.)
Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body. - spirit (n.)
Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. - spirit (n.)
Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. - spirit (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. - spirit (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. - spirit (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. - spirit (n.)
Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities. - spirit (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. - spirit (n.)
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. - spirit (n.)
A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture. - spirit (n.)
Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). - spirit (n.)
Stannic chloride. See under Stannic. - spirit (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. - spirit (v. t.)
To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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spirit
The undying essence of a human.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spirit
spir′it, n. vital force: the soul: a ghost: mental disposition: enthusiasm, animation, courage, mettle: real meaning: essence, chief quality: a very lively person: any volatile, inflammable liquid obtained by distillation, as brandy: (pl.) intellectual activity: liveliness: persons with particular qualities of mind: mental excitement: spirituous liquors.—v.t. to inspirit, encourage, cheer: to convey away secretly, to kidnap.—ns. Spir′it-blue, an aniline blue obtained from coal-tar; Spir′it-duck, the buffle-head, from its rapid diving.—adj. Spir′ited, full of spirit, life, or fire: animated.—adv. Spir′itedly.—n. Spir′itedness.—adj. Spir′itful.—n. Spir′iting, the office of a spirit or sprite; Spir′itism=Spiritualism; Spir′itist=Spiritualist; Spir′it-lamp, a lamp in which alcohol is burned, generally used for heating.—adj. Spir′itless, without spirit, cheerfulness, or courage: dejected: dead.—adv. Spir′itlessly.—ns. Spir′itlessness, the state of being spiritless: want of animation or energy; Spir′it-lev′el, in surveying, a cylindrical glass tube, slightly convex on one side, and so nearly filled with alcohol that only a small bubble of air remains inside—from the position of the bubble the amount of variation from perfect levelness is determined.—adj. Spir′itous, of the nature of spirit, pure: ardent, spirituous.—ns. Spir′itousness; Spir′it-rap′per, one to whom spirits convey intelligence by raps or knocks; Spir′it-rap′ping.—adjs. Spir′it-stir′ring, rousing the spirit; Spir′itūal, consisting of spirit: having the nature of a spirit: immaterial: relating to the mind: intellectual: pertaining to the soul: holy: divine: relating to sacred things: not lay or temporal.—n. Spiritualisā′tion.—v.t. Spir′itūalise, to make spiritual: to imbue with spirituality: to refine: to free from sensuality: to give a spiritual meaning to.—ns. Spir′itualiser; Spir′itualism, a being spiritual: the philosophical doctrine that nothing is real but soul or spirit: the doctrine that spirit has a real existence apart from matter: the name applied to a varied series of abnormal phenomena purporting to be for the most part caused by spiritual beings acting upon specially sensitive persons or mediums; Spir′itūalist, one who has a regard only to spiritual things: one who holds the doctrine of spiritualism or spiritism.—adj. Spiritūalist′ic, relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.—n. Spiritūal′ity, state of being spiritual: essence distinct from matter.—adv. Spir′itūally.—ns. Spir′itūal-mind′edness, the state of having holy affections; Spir′itūalness, the state or quality of being spiritual.—adj. Spi′ritūelle, showing great grace and delicacy.—n. Spiritūos′ity, spirituous character: immateriality.—advs. Spirit-uō′so, Spiritō′so (mus.), with spirit or animation.—adj. Spir′itūous, possessing the qualities of spirit: containing much alcohol: volatile.—ns. Spir′itūousness, the quality of being spirituous: stimulating quality: ardour: activity; Spir′itus, a breathing, an aspirate: any spirituous preparation; Spir′itworld, the world of disembodied spirits.—adj. Spir′ity (Scot.), full of spirit, spirited.—Spirit of wine, alcohol; Spiritual court, an ecclesiastical court; Spiritus asper, a rough breathing; Spiritus lenis, a soft or smooth breathing.—Animal spirits, constitutional liveliness of spirits; Holy Spirit (see under Holy); The Spirit, the Holy Spirit: the human spirit under the influence of the Holy Spirit. [L. spiritus, a breath—spirāre, to breathe.]
Wikipedia 
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In many religions, a spirit is considered to be the part of a being that is not the body. Other words with the same meanings are soul and ghost. When a body is alive, it has a spirit in it. Death is when the spirit separates from the body.
Some people think that without their bodies, spirits can still exist on the Earth and in places like Heaven or Hell. Some believe that spirits can talk with people, or change things in the world. Many religions forbid communicating with such spirits in any way, but a few include this as part of their practice.
Another use of "spirit" means the main purpose or meaning of a sentence or document. For example, the "spirit of a law" is the meaning of the law which the creator wanted. This phrase is often used when the words and sentences of a law could mean more than one thing, but a judge must decide what meaning is correct.
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