Definition of spirit

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Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up..

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Heartless :: Heartless (a.) Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent.
Fleshly :: Fleshly (a.) Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.
Serenade :: Serenade (n.) Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies..
Hoity-toity :: Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt..
High-souled :: High-souled (a.) Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
Milky :: Milky (a.) Mild; tame; spiritless.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself..
Devil :: Devil (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind..
Inspirit :: Inspirit (v. t.) To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Shrub :: Shrub (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it..
Sober :: Sober (superl.) Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober..
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..
Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To make worldly or unspiritual.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..
Mope :: Mope (v. i.) To be dull and spiritless.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner..
Magnanimous :: Magnanimous (a.) Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror..
Excise :: Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system..
Joy :: "Joy (n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight..
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