Definition of spirit

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of spirit is as below...

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..

Lern More About Spirit

Stimulus :: Stimulus (v. t.) A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action..
Spiritualist :: Spiritualist (n.) One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
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 :: Spirit (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body..
Pythoness :: Pythoness (n.) Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.
Unembodied :: Unembodied (a.) Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits..
Spirited :: Spiritally (adv.) By means of the breath.
Embrocate :: Embrocate (v. t.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge..
Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
State :: State (n.) Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6..
Exhilaration :: Exhilaration (n.) The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
Abject :: Abject (a.) Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts..
Feckless :: Feckless (a.) Spiritless; weak; worthless.
Modalist :: Modalist (n.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity..
Inner :: Inner (a.) Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena..
Gamely :: Gamely (adv.) In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
Punch :: Punch (n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc..
Elixir :: Elixir (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.
Timeserving :: Timeserving (n.) An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity..
Vivace :: Vivace (a. & adv.) Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us