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The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
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A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
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A wandering spirit haunts the island.
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Enthusiasm.
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School spirit is at an all-time high.
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The manner or style of something.
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In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
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(usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
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Energy; ardour.
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One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
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a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
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Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.
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to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits
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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
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A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
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Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
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the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
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Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
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(dyeing) Stannic chloride.