How to pronounce“spirit”in English
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Definitions of “spirit”
The soul of a person or other creature.
“[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”
A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
“A wandering spirit haunts the island.”
To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
“I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.”
Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
“Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.”
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