To animate; inspire; inspirit; excite; encourage; enliven; cheer: sometimes with up.
To convey away rapidly and secretly, as if by the agency of a spirit; kidnap: generally with off, away, or other adverb of direction.
To treat with spirits.
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One of an officially recognized class of pharmaceutical preparations, formerly made by distilling with alcohol a crude drug containing some volatile and medicinally useful ingredient, but now frequently by direct solution in alcohol of this ingredient, such as a volatile oil or essence, previously obtained in separate form. Spirit of cinnamon is an example.
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According to old and primitive modes of thought, an invisible corporeal thing of an airy nature, scarcely material, the principle of life, mediating between soul and body.
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The principle of life conceived as a fragment of the divine essence breathed into man by God.
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Metaphorically, animation; vivacity; exuberance of life; cheerfulness; courage; mettle; temper; humor; mood: usually in the plural.
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A peculiar animating and inspiring principle; dominant influence; genius; that which pervades and tempers the conduct and thought of men, either singly or (especially) in bodies, and characterizes them or their works.
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The essence, real meaning, or intent of any statement, command, or contract: opposed to letter.
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Incorporeal, immaterial being or principle; personality, or a personality, unconnected or only associated with a body: in Biblical use applied to God, and specifically to the third person of the Trinity (the Holy Spirit); also to supernatural good and evil beings (angels).
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A person considered with respect to his peculiar characteristics of mind or temper, especially as shown in action; a man of life, fire, energy, enterprise, courage, or the like, who influences or dominates: as, the leading spirits of the movement were arrested.
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A disembodied soul, or a soul naturally destitute of an ordinary solid body; an apparition of such a being; a specter; a ghost.
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A supernatural being; an angel, fairy, elf, sprite, demon, or the like.
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A subtle fluid contained in a particular substance, and conferring upon it its peculiar properties.
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In old chemistry, a liquor obtained by distillation; often in the plural.
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A strong alcoholic liquor; in a restricted sense, such a liquor variously treated in the process of distillation, and used as a beverage or medicinally, as brandy, whisky, and gin; in the plural, any strong distilled liquor.
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A solution of tin in an acid, used in dyeing.
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An aspirate; a breathing, as the letter h.
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The essence or active principle of anything.
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In mod. German philos., the highest mode of existence; also, anything possessing such existence.
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By inspiration; by or under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Synonyms Life, Liveliness, etc. (see animation), force, resolution.
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4. Drift, gist, sense, significance, nature.
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Soul, Intellect, etc. (see mind); inner self, vital essence.