Spirit

Word SPIRIT
Character 6
Hyphenation spir it
Pronunciations /ˈspɪɹɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Spirit"

What do we mean by spirit?

A force or principle believed to animate living beings. noun

A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul. noun

The Holy Spirit. noun

A supernatural being, as. noun

An angel or demon. noun

A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon. noun

A fairy or sprite. noun

The part of a human associated with the mind, will, and feelings. noun

The essential nature of a person or group. noun

A person as characterized by a stated quality. noun

An inclination or tendency of a specified kind. noun

A pervasive or essential attitude, quality, or principle. noun

An attitude marked by enthusiasm, energy, or courage. noun

A mood or emotional state. noun

Strong loyalty or dedication. noun

The actual though unstated sense or significance of something. noun

The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.

A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.

Enthusiasm.

The manner or style of something.

(usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.

Energy; ardour.

One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.

Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.

Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.

Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).

(dyeing) Stannic chloride.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Spirit

The word "spirit" in example sentences

As a proof that this view of the construction is correct, let L.B.L. substitute for "delighted spirit", _spirit no longer delighted_, and he will find that it gives precisely the sense which he deduces from the passage as it stands. ❋ Various (N/A)

Now the spirit is Life, and throughout the universe Life ultimately consists in _circulation_, whether within the physical body of the individual or on the scale of the entire solar system; and circulation means a continual flowing around, and the _spirit_ of opulence is no exception to this universal law of all life. ❋ Unknown (1881)

In the proposition _That which is flesh is flesh, and that which is spirit is spirit_, Christ formulates the first law of biological religion, and lays the basis for a final classification. ❋ Henry Drummond (1874)

Had the constitutional convention been a sectional and not a national organization; had its members been governed by a sectional and not a national spirit, they would doubtless have taken one or the other of the horns of this dilemma, but in that "_spirit of amity, mutual deference and concession_," which governed their lofty patriotism, they took neither of the extremes. ❋ Unknown (1855)

The spirit exists in vegetables, and is extracted by means of the organs of the animals which feed upon them, and then, "by a delicate work of distillation, it is converted into _spirit_!" ❋ James Buchanan (1837)

It was his desire that we should be actuated in all our dealings by the spirit of Faith, as far at least as that is possible, so as to arrive at last at that summit of perfect charity which the Apostle calls the more excellent way, and of which he says that _he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit_. ❋ Jean Pierre Camus (1618)

The word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, “breath.” ❋ M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa (2001)

Front and center are philosophical problems brought up by the term "spirit." ❋ Valerie Tarico (2011)

The word spirit is pneuma in Greek and simply means “breath,” “wind,” or “air.” ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

The original term, translated by the term spirit has, in its history, away back in the past, a _physical_ currency. ❋ Various (N/A)

From all this it will be seen that it is impossible to limit the term spirit to its ancient _physical_ currency. ❋ Various (N/A)

Poor Walter was very far removed in spirit from the starry realms of poesy just then. ❋ Lucy Maud (1919)

Now it has been objected that this procedure is either meaningless, in that it so applies the term spirit as to contradict its meaning; or prejudicial to spiritual interests, in that it neutralizes the properties of spirit through so extending their use. ❋ Ralph Barton Perry (1916)

I use the term spirit here in the sense of its being the basis of human perception and thought. ❋ Kline, John (1900)

Under the term spirit, the Apostle here comprehends two things outwardly alike, but differing in their inward and essential nature, — viz. true and false inspiration, what originates in the suggestions of the divine spirit, as well as in those of the undivine. ❋ 1789-1850 (1870)

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