Definition of Spiret
Spirit (lit. breath of life), in philosophy and theology is the
Divine mind incarnating itself in the life of a man, and breathing in all
he thinks and does, and so is as the life-principle of it; employed also
to denote any active dominating and pervading principle of life inspired
from any quarter whatever and coming to light in the conduct.
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Spir"it (?), n. [OF. espirit,
esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from
spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. Conspire,
Expire, Esprit, Sprite.] 1.
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life
itself. [Obs.] "All of spirit would deprive."
Spenser.
The mild air, with season moderate,
Gently attempered, and disposed eo well,
That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit.
Spenser.
2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the
letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
[Obs.]
Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for
it. B. Jonson.
3. 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.
4. 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.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of
the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job xxxii.
8.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also. James ii. 26.
Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing,
doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
Locke.
5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human
soul after it has left the body.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Eccl. xii. 7.
Ye gentle spirits far away,
With whom we shared the cup of grace. Keble.
6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an
apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy;
an elf.
Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all
impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
Locke.
7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm,
courage, etc.
"Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning
all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going
out, he indited it, and expired. Fuller.
8. 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.
Such spirits as he desired to please, such would
I choose for my judges. Dryden.
9. 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.
God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed
a spirit of pulling down. South.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
With the same spirit that its author writ.
Pope.
10. 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.
11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory
substance, possessed of active qualities.
All bodies have spirits . . . within
them. Bacon.
12. Any liquid produced by distillation;
especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it
having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the
plural.
13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and
other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine
and malt liquors.
14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a
volatile principle. Cf. Tincture. U. S.
Disp.
15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four
substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or,
according to some, orpiment).
The four spirits and the bodies
seven. Chaucer.
16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See
under Stannic.
&fist; Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming
compounds, generally of obvious signification; as, spirit-
moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
Astral spirits, Familiar
spirits, etc. See under Astral, Familiar,
etc. -- Animal spirits. (a)
(Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to
circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of
sensation and motion; -- called also the nervous fluid, or
nervous principle. (b) Physical health
and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness. -- Ardent
spirits, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum,
whisky, etc., obtained by distillation. -- Holy
Spirit, or The Spirit (Theol.),
the Spirit of God, or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy
Ghost. The spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced
or animated by the Divine Spirit. -- Proof
spirit. (Chem.) See under Proof. --
Rectified spirit (Chem.), spirit rendered
purer or more concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the
percentage of absolute alcohol. -- Spirit
butterfly (Zoöl.), any one of numerous
species of delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the
genus Ithomia. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute of
scales. -- Spirit duck. (Zoöl.)
(a) The buffle-headed duck.
(b) The golden-eye. -- Spirit
lamp (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated
spirit is burned. -- Spirit level. See
under Level. -- Spirit of hartshorn.
(Old Chem.) See under Hartshorn. --
Spirit of Mindererus (Med.), an aqueous
solution of acetate of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer,
physician of Augsburg. -- Spirit of nitrous
ether (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid, of a
sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the
distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists
essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used
as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also sweet
spirit of niter. -- Spirit of salt
(Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called because obtained
from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.] -- Spirit of
sense, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.]
Shak. -- Spirits, or
Spirit, of turpentine
(Chem.), rectified oil of turpentine, a transparent,
colorless, volatile, and very inflammable liquid, distilled from the
turpentine of the various species of pine; camphine. See
Camphine. -- Spirit of vitriol
(Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called because formerly
obtained by the distillation of green vitriol. [Obs.] --
Spirit of vitriolic ether (Chem.) ether;
-- often but incorrectly called sulphuric ether. See
Ether. [Obs.] -- Spirits, or
Spirit, of wine (Chem.),
alcohol; -- so called because formerly obtained by the
distillation of wine. -- Spirit rapper, one
who practices spirit rapping; a "medium" so called. --
Spirit rapping, an alleged form of communication
with the spirits of the dead by raps. See Spiritualism, 3.
-- Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of
nitrous ether, above.
Syn. -- Life; ardor; energy; fire; courage; animatioon;
cheerfulness; vivacity; enterprise.
Spir"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Spirited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiriting.] 1. To animate with vigor; to
excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often
spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by
up.
Many officers and private men spirit up and
assist those obstinate people to continue in their
rebellion. Swift.
2. To convey rapidly and secretly, or
mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often
with away, or off.
The ministry had him spirited away, and carried
abroad as a dangerous person. Arbuthnot &
Pope.
I felt as if I had been spirited into some
castle of antiquity. Willis.
Spiriting away (Law), causing to
leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as
to evade process requiring attendance at trial.
Spir"it (?), n. [OF. espirit,
esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from
spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. Conspire,
Expire, Esprit, Sprite.] 1.
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life
itself. [Obs.] "All of spirit would deprive."
Spenser.
The mild air, with season moderate,
Gently attempered, and disposed eo well,
That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit.
Spenser.
2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the
letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
[Obs.]
Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for
it. B. Jonson.
3. 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.
4. 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.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of
the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job xxxii.
8.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also. James ii. 26.
Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing,
doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist.
Locke.
5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human
soul after it has left the body.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Eccl. xii. 7.
Ye gentle spirits far away,
With whom we shared the cup of grace. Keble.
6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an
apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy;
an elf.
Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all
impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark.
Locke.
7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm,
courage, etc.
"Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning
all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going
out, he indited it, and expired. Fuller.
8. 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.
Such spirits as he desired to please, such would
I choose for my judges. Dryden.
9. 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.
God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed
a spirit of pulling down. South.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
With the same spirit that its author writ.
Pope.
10. 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.
11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory
substance, possessed of active qualities.
All bodies have spirits . . . within
them. Bacon.
12. Any liquid produced by distillation;
especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it
having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the
plural.
13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and
other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine
and malt liquors.
14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a
volatile principle. Cf. Tincture. U. S.
Disp.
15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four
substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or,
according to some, orpiment).
The four spirits and the bodies
seven. Chaucer.
16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See
under Stannic.
&fist; Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming
compounds, generally of obvious signification; as, spirit-
moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
Astral spirits, Familiar
spirits, etc. See under Astral, Familiar,
etc. -- Animal spirits. (a)
(Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to
circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of
sensation and motion; -- called also the nervous fluid, or
nervous principle. (b) Physical health
and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness. -- Ardent
spirits, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum,
whisky, etc., obtained by distillation. -- Holy
Spirit, or The Spirit (Theol.),
the Spirit of God, or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy
Ghost. The spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced
or animated by the Divine Spirit. -- Proof
spirit. (Chem.) See under Proof. --
Rectified spirit (Chem.), spirit rendered
purer or more concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the
percentage of absolute alcohol. -- Spirit
butterfly (Zoöl.), any one of numerous
species of delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the
genus Ithomia. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute of
scales. -- Spirit duck. (Zoöl.)
(a) The buffle-headed duck.
(b) The golden-eye. -- Spirit
lamp (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated
spirit is burned. -- Spirit level. See
under Level. -- Spirit of hartshorn.
(Old Chem.) See under Hartshorn. --
Spirit of Mindererus (Med.), an aqueous
solution of acetate of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer,
physician of Augsburg. -- Spirit of nitrous
ether (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid, of a
sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the
distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists
essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used
as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also sweet
spirit of niter. -- Spirit of salt
(Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called because obtained
from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.] -- Spirit of
sense, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.]
Shak. -- Spirits, or
Spirit, of turpentine
(Chem.), rectified oil of turpentine, a transparent,
colorless, volatile, and very inflammable liquid, distilled from the
turpentine of the various species of pine; camphine. See
Camphine. -- Spirit of vitriol
(Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called because formerly
obtained by the distillation of green vitriol. [Obs.] --
Spirit of vitriolic ether (Chem.) ether;
-- often but incorrectly called sulphuric ether. See
Ether. [Obs.] -- Spirits, or
Spirit, of wine (Chem.),
alcohol; -- so called because formerly obtained by the
distillation of wine. -- Spirit rapper, one
who practices spirit rapping; a "medium" so called. --
Spirit rapping, an alleged form of communication
with the spirits of the dead by raps. See Spiritualism, 3.
-- Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of
nitrous ether, above.
Syn. -- Life; ardor; energy; fire; courage; animatioon;
cheerfulness; vivacity; enterprise.
Spir"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Spirited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiriting.] 1. To animate with vigor; to
excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often
spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by
up.
Many officers and private men spirit up and
assist those obstinate people to continue in their
rebellion. Swift.
2. To convey rapidly and secretly, or
mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often
with away, or off.
The ministry had him spirited away, and carried
abroad as a dangerous person. Arbuthnot &
Pope.
I felt as if I had been spirited into some
castle of antiquity. Willis.
Spiriting away (Law), causing to
leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as
to evade process requiring attendance at trial.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The soul of a person or other living being
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel
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