How to pronounce “spirit”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The soul of a person or other creature.
• A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
• Enthusiasm.
• The manner or style of something.
• Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
• (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.
• (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
• (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
• (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
• (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
• (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
• [Verb]
• To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
• Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.

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Similar Sounds

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