spirit

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spirit
A. breath of life;

B. vital principle;

C. incorporeal being XIII; immaterial element of a human being;

D. vital power XIV;

E. †any of four substances so named of the alchemists XIV; liquid of the nature of an essence XVII. — AN., aphetic of espirit, OF. esperit, (also mod.) esprit — L. spīritus breathing, breath, air, life, soul, pride, courage, (in Chr. use) incorporeal being, f. spīrāre breathe.
Hence spirit vb. (arch.) enliven, inspirit XVI; carry away mysteriously XVII. spirited (-ED2) XVI. spiritism XIX. So spiritual pert. to the spirit XIV; ecclesiastical XIV. ME. spirituel (later latinized) — (O)F. spirituel — L. spīrituālis; see -AL1. spirituality XV. — (O)F. or late L. spiritualism XIX. spirituous †spirited XVI; ardent, alcoholic XVII. — F. spiritueux or f. L. spīritus.

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