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Spirit

Definition: Spirit

Spirit

Noun

1. The vital principle or animating force within living things.

2. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason".

3. A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character.

4. Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings.

5. The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose".

6. The intended meaning of a communication.

7. Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it".

8. An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart".

Verb

1. Infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spirit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Spirit

DomainDefinition

Bible

Spirit (Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thess. 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl. 8:8 the vital principle in man. It also denotes the rational, immortal soul by which man is distinguished (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 5:5; 6:20; 7:34), and the soul in its separate state (Heb. 12:23), and hence also an apparition (Job 4:15; Luke 24:37, 39), an angel (Heb. 1:14), and a demon (Luke 4:36; 10:20). This word is used also metaphorically as denoting a tendency (Zech. 12:10; Luke 13:11). In Rom. 1:4, 1 Tim. 3:16, 2 Cor. 3:17, 1 Pet. 3:18, it designates the divine nature. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Food & Agriculture

Alkoholic distillate obtained by distillation of fermented grapes or other fruits. Source: European Union. (references)
 Produced by distilling a fermented beverage without adding flavouring. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Spirit To give up the spirit. To die. At death the "spirit is given back to Him who gave it." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Alcoholic beverage

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol, popularly called alcohol. (In chemical terminology, alcohol is a broad category of compounds, of which ethanol is only one.) They include low-alcohol-content beverages produced by fermentation of sugar- or starch-containing products, and high-alcohol-content beverages produced by distillation of the low-alcohol-content beverages. (Sometimes, the alcohol content of low-alcohol-content beverages is increased by adding distilled product, particularly in the case of wines. Such fortified wines include Port wine and Sherry.)

The amount of alcohol in an alcoholic beverage may be specified in percent alcohol by volume, in percentage by weight (sometimes abbrieviated w/w for weight for weight), or in proof.

Alcoholic beverages generally produce an intoxicating effect and cause a hangover. The latter is partly due to the dehydrating effect, which can be mitigated by drinking plenty of water between and after the alcoholic consumptions.

On the other hand, in areas and eras with poor public sanitation, consumption of alcoholic beverages (particularly beer) was one method of avoiding water-borne diseases such as the cholera. Though strong alcohol kills bacteria, the low concentration in beer or even wine will not suffice. It is rather the boiling of water, which is required for the brewing of beer, which sanitizes it.

List of alcoholic beverages

The names of the beverages are determined by the source of the material fermented:

Source Name of fermented beverage Name of distilled beverage
grain beer, ale, sake (rice) whiskey (also spelled whisky)
juice of fruits, other than apples or pears wine (most commonly from grapes) brandy, grappa (Italy), trester (Germany)
juice of appless ("hard") cider applejack (or apple brandy), Calvados
juice of pears perry, or pear cider pear brandy
juice of sugarcane, or molasses basi, betsa-betsa (regional) rum, cachaça
juice of agave pulque tequila, mezcal
juice of plums   slivovitz
honey mead

Note that in common speech, wine or brandy is made from grapes unless the fruit is specified: "plum wine" or "cherry brandy" for example, although in some cases grape-derived alcohol is added.

In the U. S., cider often means unfermented apple juice (see the article on cider), while fermented cider is called hard cider. Unfermented cider is sometimes called sweet cider. Also, applejack was originally made by a freezing process described in the article on cider which was equivalent to distillation but more easily done in the cold climate of New England. In the UK, cider is always alcoholic, and in Australia it can be either.

Two common distilled beverages not listed in the above chart are vodka and gin. Vodka can be distilled from any source (grain and potatoes being the most common, also industrial cellulose for the cheapest!) but the main characteristic of vodka is that it is so thoroughly distilled as to exhibit none of the flavors derived from its source material. Gin is a similar distillate which has been flavored by contact with herbs and other plant products, especially juniper berries, from which it gets its name.

Uses

Alcoholic beverages often are used for ritualistic and symbolic purposes such as for mass or Passover wine. Some religions, most notably Islam, ban the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Alcoholic beverages can be combined to create cocktails.

Legal considerations

Please note: Wikipedia does not give legal advice.

Most countries have rules forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages to children, e.g. in the Netherlands one has to be 16 to buy beer or wine and 18 to buy distilled alcoholic beverages. Also there are restrictions when driving. See also ethanol.

See also:

Chinese wine, Wikipedia Cocktail Guide, Moderate drinking controversy

External links

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Spirit

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Spirit may refer to:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spirit."

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Spirit (political party)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Spirit is a new Belgian party that split up from the old Volksunie, and has an alliance with the SP.a.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spirit (political party)."

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Spirit, Wisconsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Spirit is a town located in Price County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 315.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 107.7 km² (41.6 mi²). 106.4 km² (41.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.20% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 315 people, 133 households, and 90 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.0/km² (7.7/mi²). There are 244 housing units at an average density of 2.3/km² (5.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.41% White, 0.63% African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 133 households out of which 25.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% are married couples living together, 3.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% are non-families. 26.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.37 and the average family size is 2.88. In the town the population is spread out with 21.0% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 112.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 105.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,114, and the median income for a family is $31,667. Males have a median income of $25,000 versus $26,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,722. 17.2% of the population and 15.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.2% are under the age of 18 and 4.4% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spirit, Wisconsin."

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Spiritual being

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A spirit or spiritual being is a non-corporeal entity found in many religions and belief systems throughout the world. The word has many connections to the concept of the soul, with the difference that a spirit is not necessarily linked to a human.

In many belief systems, spirits are on the same plane of existence as gods, though of much lesser magnitude. For example, Zeus was a god, and any given dryad was likewise accounted as a spirit in greek mythology.

Many nature religions, such as animism, believe that everything found in nature has a personification, a spirit. These spirits may be prayed to, or in other ways coerced, in order to gain more favourable conditions. In such religions, magic is an integral part of reality, in effect the ability to communicate with the spirits.

Historically, spirits have been ascribed any number of powers, both over nature and over humans. Often a spirit's power is said to be linked with its purpose in creation.

In some parts of the world, spirits are believed to be able to possess humans and control their behaviour.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Spiritual being."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Spirit

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

SPIRIT

EnglishSchool for Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Research on Interculturalism and TransnationalityEducation
SpEnglishSpiritChemistry, Chemical Industry

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Spirit

Synonyms: emotional state (n), feel (n), feeling (n), flavor (n), flavour (n), heart (n), intent (n), life (n), liveliness (n), look (n), purport (n), smell (n), sprightliness (n), tone (n), inspirit (v), spirit up (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Spirit

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Noun: activity; briskness, liveliness; Adjective: animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim.

Affections

Noun: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy; (love).

Demon

Ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision; hobglobin, goblin, orc; wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures; evil eye.

Imagination

Noun: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.

Substance; gist, essence, marrow, spirit.

Immateriality

Personality; I, myself, me; ego, spirit. (soul); astral body; immaterialism; spiritualism, spiritualist.

Intellect

Soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core; the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle.

Intrinsicality

Habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition.

Life

Noun: life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit.

Vigor

Noun: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness; Adjective: intellectual, force; spirit, point, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Spirit

English words defined with "spirit": evil spiritFamiliar spiritgood spirit, guardian spiritHoly SpiritRectified spiritspirit lamp, Spirit of nitrous ether, Spirit of wine, spirit rapper, spirit up, spirit worldteam spirit, The Spirit, To walk after the SpiritUnclean spiritzombi spirit, zombie spirit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "spirit": caraway-flavoured spirit drink, Choice Spiritfortifying spiritjuniper-flavoured spirit drinkneutral spiritsilent spirit, Spirit or Specter, Spirit, Holy, Sword of the SpiritTO SPIRIT AWAYWitness of the Spirit. (references)
Etymologies containing "spirit": Zeitgeist. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Spirit" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (energy, verve, vivacity), Romanian (apparition, crack, essence, genius, ghost, intellect, mind, quirk, score, shade, shadow, soul, spectre, spirit, spirituousness, sprite, vision, wit), Turkmen (rubbing alcohol).

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Modern Usage: Spirit

DomainUsage

Screenplays

But all my passion went with the golden hair, and all the spirit of preternatural flesh detached, unchangeable, empty (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

The human spirit, it is a very difficult thing to kill (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson)

His spirit will find the way to the halls of your forbearers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Oh, I'm sorry, you believe it will take your spirit away (Crocodile Dundee; writing credit: John Cornell; Paul Hogan)

Huh, I didn't know the Forest Spirit made the flowers grow (Mononoke-hime; writing credit: Karl Tunberg)

Lyrics

He said,'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine' (Hotel California; performing artist: EAGLES)

My spirit sleeping somewhere cold (Bring Me to Life; performing artist: EVANESCENCE)

Where the spirit free of the lies (All Those Years Ago; performing artist: George Harrison)

I'd put my spirit to the test (REACH; performing artist: Gloria Estefan)

I will hear your spirit callin' (I Will Come To You; performing artist: Hanson)

Movie/TV Titles

Blithe Spirit (1966)

The Spirit of the Navajos (1966)

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965)

Adventures of the Spirit (1963)

The Spirit of America (1963)

Song Titles

Spirit In The Sky (performing artist: Norman Greenbaum)

Smells Like Teen Spirit (performing artist: Nirvana)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Spirit

DomainTitle

References

  • Leading Spirit High-Tech (Holdings) Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Motor Spirit and Other Light Oils in Libya (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Motor Spirit and Other Light Oils Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Motor Spirit and Other Light Oils Export Supplies (reference)

  • The World Market for Motor Spirit and Other Light Oils: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Sensual Celibacy: The Sexy Woman's Guide to Using Abstinence for Recharging Your Spirit, Discovering Your Passions, Achieving Greater Intimacy in you (reference)

  • Sensing Beauty: Aesthetics, the Human Spirit, and the Church (reference)

  • On Eagles' Wings : The Life and Spirit of St. Chad (reference)

  • The Quest for Peace, Love, and a 24'' Waist: Challenge Your Beliefs, Remember Your Spirit and Lose Weight With Joy (reference)

  • Spirit of the Wind: The Story of George Attla, Alaska's Legendary Sled Dog Sprint Champ (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron (reference)

  • The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Bellydance for Fitness, Body, Mind, & Spirit (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Spirit

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Photo Album: Spirit

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Remains of native home. Life goes on after Typhoon Amy as shown by spirit of people. Note beautiful flower behind the ear. Credit: Small World.

B-2A Spirit.

A B-2 Spirit in its element.

Dr Button learned aviation medicine and the spirit of the Mississippi River. / Portfolio Associates Inc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The Rival Majicians or Raising the Spirit. / Thomaso Scrutiny Inv. [i.e. Samuel De Wilde]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Answers correspondents' questions during a press interview today at the Sanno Hotel, Tokyo. Commenting on his five-day tour of U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East, Secretary Anderson cited their high morale and praised the spirit of inter-service cooperation". Quoted from caption released with this photograph by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 10 December 1953. Credit: NAVY.

Spirit of the times. Credit: Library of Congress.

The spirit of 61. God, our country and liberty!!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hail to our ally : the spirit of Italy. Credit: Library of Congress.

The spirit that goeth with burdens that have not honor. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Spirit
 

"Self portrait of holy spirit i" by > > E M R E T E L C I >
Commentary: "Holyspirit experimental approaches on toilette."
"Filled with the spirit" by Bas V.d Eykhof
Commentary: "Tribers letting breaking loose i wild dance."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Spirit

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit.

Florence Nightingale

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Giles

All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.

Jeremy Taylor

Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.

Noah Webster

Wherever public spirit prevails, liberty is secure.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.
Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.

Thomas Jefferson

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

Voltaire

He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Spirit

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Nor let any one say, that mischief can arise from hence, as often as it shall please a busy head, or turbulent spirit, to desire the alteration of the government. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

While making the above reservations the Federal Council declares its readiness to examine in the most friendly spirit any proposals which the French Government may deem it convenient to make on the subject. (reference)

United Nations

1948

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Their opponents, just as certainly, were antagonistic to both the letter and the spirit of the Amendments and wished them to have the most limited effect. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Spirit

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I think it is the state of mind which gives most spirit and delight

Only a Woman's Hair

Carroll, Lewis

Nay! In those words there rings from other years The echo of a long low cry, Where a proud spirit wrestles with its tears In loneliest agony

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

The Spirit gazed upon him mildly

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

It was as if an evil spirit possessed the child, and had just then peeped forth in mockery

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The pun is the dropping of the soaring spirit.

In the Beauty of the Lilies

John Updike

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The faint glimmer of fear became a terror of spirit as the hoarse voice of the preacher blew death into his soul

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

I have not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

She watched him as though he were suddenly a spirit, not human any more, a voice out of the ground

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Spirit

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These methods focus on the mind, body, and spirit. (references)

It is in the spirit of providing all views on this controversial topic that both the majority and minority statements are presented. (references)

Ayurvedic medicine (meaning "science of life") is a comprehensive system of medicine that places equal emphasis on body, mind, and spirit. (references)

Civil Liberties

Singapore

The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, also known as the Unification Church, was dissolved in 1982 by the Minister for Home Affairs. (references)

Pakistan

Prior to the 1999 coup, any person deemed to have damaged the Constitution, including the publication of statements against the spirit of the Constitution, could be prosecuted for treason. (references)

Korea

However, procedures for receiving and adjudicating asylum applications do not always appear to be in keeping with either the letter or the spirit of the 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. (references)

Economic History

Laos

Buddhism and spirit worship coexist easily. (references)

Thailand

Spirit worship and animism are widely practiced. (references)

South Korea

Shamanism--traditional spirit worship--is still practiced. (references)

Human Rights

Gambia

On January 26, following the submission of the government commission's report, the Government announced that it disagreed with the recommendations of the commission and, in the spirit of reconciliation, nobody would be prosecuted. (references)

Japan

The Constitution provides defendants with the right not to be compelled to testify against themselves as well as to free and private access to counsel; however, the Government contended that the right to consult with attorneys is not absolute and can be restricted if such restriction is compatible with the spirit of the Constitution. (references)

Political Economy

Colombia

Legislators, the executive, and the courts often promote their own interpretations of both the spirit and the letter of the Constitution. (references)

Trade

Turkey

Maintenance of high import duties on agricultural products, while consistent with WTO obligations, is not consistent with the spirit of the WTO agreement. (references)

Travel

Armenia

Many Armenians, despite decades of Soviet rule, have maintained an entrepreneurial spirit. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation. So skilled the parson was in homiletics That all his normal purges and emetics To medicine the spirit were compounded With a most just discrimination founded Upon a rigorous examination Of tongue and pulse and heart and respiration. Then, having diagnosed each one's condition, His scriptural specifics this physician Administered -- his pills so efficacious And pukes of disposition so vivacious That souls afflicted with ten kinds of Adam Were convalescent ere they knew they had 'em. But Slander's tongue -- itself all coated -- uttered Her bilious mind and scandalously muttered That in the case of patients having money The pills were sugar and the pukes were honey. Biography of Bishop Potter

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Spirit

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Angelina Jolie

Well, I think that because they were artists and they are artists, the best thing that happened is they were very expressive and they were very encouraging of me to be a free spirit and to be open.

Regis Philbin

To go to South Bend was really an eye-opening experience for me. But it was wonderful. I mean, Notre Dame, right away, I felt that spirit.

Rush Limbaugh

Remember, the Founding Fathers had a brilliant understanding of the human spirit to be free in all aspects.

Sylvia Browne

You can mentally do that. You can say tonight when I go to bed, may the white light of the holy spirit surround me, and may I want her out of my dream, because I want her to quit riding me all the time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Spirit

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809From existing amities and a spirit of justice it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Ahead now is a summit where freedom from the wants of the body can help fulfill the needs of the spirit.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974To a crisis of the spirit, we need an answer of the spirit.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977Hard drugs, we all know, degrade the spirit as they destroy the body of their users.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981A President may sense and proclaim that new spirit, but only a people can provide it.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Trevor, yours is the living spirit of brotherly love.

George Bush

1989-1993We'll match our ingenuity, our energy, our experience, and technology our spirit and enterprise against anyone.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Speaker, at your swearing-in, you asked us all to work together in a spirit of civility and bipartisanship.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing problems here at home.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Spirit

"Spirit" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Spirit" is used about 6,474 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.88%6,4661,497
Noun (proper)0.06%4175,879
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.03%2245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)0.03%2245,945
                    Total100.00%6,474N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Spirit

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "spirit".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
SpiridonMaleGreek

The spirit

SpyridonMaleGreek

The spirit

SpyroMaleGreek

The spirit

SpyrosMaleGreek

The spirit

SpyridonMaleRussian

The spirit

EspiridionMaleSpanish

The spirit

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Spirit

CountryName
Hong Kong

Leading Spirit High-Tech (Holdings) Company Limited

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Spirit

Expressions using "spirit": a spirit level animating spirit bad spirit battle spirit be rich in spirit broken spirit call up a spirit christmas spirit civic spirit communal spirit comrade spirit Dulcified spirit enter into the spirit enter into the spirit of enter the spirit of entrepreneurial spirit evil spirit exploratory spirit Familiar spirit fighting spirit forest spirit fortifying spirit free spirit full of spirit good spirit guardian spirit guiding spirit guild spirit heaviness of spirit holy spirit Holy Spirit plant in a friendly spirit infuse a fresh spirit into intercession of the Spirit kindred spirit living spirit man of a domineering spirit master spirit methylated spirit ministering spirit mischievous spirit motor spirit neat spirit neutral spirit night spirit party spirit patriarchal spirit petroleum spirit poetic spirit poor in spirit proof spirit public spirit put spirit into one's soldiers pyroacetic spirit rebellious spirit rectified spirit rosin spirit silent spirit silvan spirit spirit away spirit away a child spirit burner spirit butterfly spirit duck spirit gum Spirit healing Spirit Lake spirit lamp spirit level spirit of adventure spirit of hartshorn spirit of life spirit of madness spirit of Mindererus spirit of nitre spirit of nitrous ether spirit of salt spirit of sense spirit of the age spirit of the law spirit of tin spirit of turpentine spirit of vitriol spirit of vitriolic ether spirit of war spirit of wine spirit off spirit rapper spirit rapping Spirit releasement Spirit releasement therapy spirit stove Spirit surgery spirit up spirit vinegar spirit world sport spirit surgical spirit sweet spirit of niter sylvan spirit take things in the right spirit. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "spirit": spirit-based, spirit-beast, spirit-beasts, spirit-behind-the, spirit-being, spirit-centred, spirit-filled, Spirit-flesh, spirit-guide, spirit-inspired, spirit-lamp, spirit-lamps, spirit-level, spirit-meat, spirit-object, spirit-person, spirit-possession, spirit-powers, spirit-raising, spirit-rapping, spirit-refractions, Spirit-self, spirit-soaked, spirit-stirring, spirit-that, spirit-this, spirit-world.

Ending with "spirit": mind-body-spirit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Spirit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

spirit airline

9,538

spirit airlines.com

173

spirit

2,806

carnival spirit

172

holy spirit

1,256

spirit cruise

157

sound and spirit

995

spirit of boston

151

spirit air

926

spirit west coast

148

easy spirit shoes

879

spirit mountain casino

141

easy spirit

874

one spirit

138

spirit stallion of the cimarron

611

spirit stallion

133

smell like teen spirit

556

spirit of chicago

130

fruit of the spirit

505

spirit of washington dinner train

119

sound spirit.com

352

spirit in the sky

117

spirit guide

296

honda shadow spirit

117

spirit daily

284

angel guardian guide speak spirit

115

card geist kartenlegen lebensberatung mailto medial orakel seele spirit tarot

270

baptism holy spirit

115

spirit lake iowa

260

american spirit

109

spirit of philadelphia

231

spirit airway

108

smell like teen spirit lyrics

230

body mind spirit

106

spirit of washington

208

spirit of the wolf

106

spirit of norfolk

194

american spirit cigarette

102

the gift of the holy spirit

186

spirit of st louis

102
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Spirit

Language Translations for "spirit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

gees (fairy, ghost, intellect, mind, phantom, soul), bedrywigheid (activity, gusto, stir, zest), animo (activity, gusto, soul, stir, zest). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

spiritik (spiritualistic), shpirt (animus, genius, heart, mind, psyche, soul), zanë (Faerie, fairy, Fay, pixy, wood nymph), rrëmbej fshehurazi, mendim (brainchild, cogitation, conceit, conception, estimation, idea, judgement, judgment, meditation, mind, muse, notion, opinion, reflection, reflexion, say, self-communion, sentiment, thinking, thought), hije (apparition, background, cloud, color, colour, dark, ghost, loom, phantasm, phantom, propriety, reflection, reflexion, shade, shadow, spook, umbra, wraith), guxim (audacity, boldness, courage, dare, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, forwardness, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, pluck, spunk, stoutness, valor, valorous, valour), gjendje shpirtërore (fig, frame of mind, habitude, humor, humour, mood, spiritual state, state of mind, temper, vein), gjallëroj (animate, enliven, ensoul, exhilarate, illumine, inspirit, liven, liven up, move, pep, quicken, relieve, renew, revive, rouse, set about, smarten up, spiritualize, sting, stir, tense, vitalize, vivify, warm up), gjallërim (animation, boom, invigoration, tittup, vivification, vivifying), frymë (breath, head, none, psyche, puff, wind), fantazmë (apparition, eidolon, ghost, haunt, phantasm, phantom, spectre, wraith). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كحول (alcohol), ‏مسكر (candied, glace, heady, inebriant, intoxicant, sugared, sweetened), ‏مزاج عقلي أو نفسي, ‏نفس روح (mind, psyche, respiration, soul), ‏نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), ‏خطف خفية, ‏رفع المعنويات (lift, moralize, revive), ‏روح معنوية (morale), ‏روح (circulate, fan, ghost, life, pneuma, psyche, shade, soul), ‏شخصية (being, character, figure, individuality, persona, personage, personality), ‏شخص (baby, bloke, body, boy, cuss, customer, diagnose, effigy, embody, guy, individual, joker, man, person, personate, scout, sort, specimen, stick), ‏شجاعة (assurance, brace, bravery, brawler, courage, fortitude, gut, guts, hardiness, heroism, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, sand, spunk, stoutness, valor, valour), ‏شبح (apparition, bogey, evil spirit, ghost, gremlin, idol, phantom, shade, shadow, shape, spectre, spectrum, spook, sprite, wraith). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

въодушевявам (elate, flush, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, reanimate, warm), душевно състояние (mentation, state of mind), дух (fetch, ghost, mettle, mind, morale, pecker, phantasm, presence, shade, soul, spook, tone, visitant), духовно начало, пламък (blaze, flame, flare), порив (air blast, gust, impulse, movements, transport, urge), призрак (appearance, bogy, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantom, shade, shadow, shape, spectre, spook, vision, wraith), живот (being, life, life span), настроение (cheer, feeling, fit, frame of mind, humor, humour, mood, temper, tune), душа (breast, ghost, heart, inside, lifeblood, mastermind, nature, nose, nuzzle, psyche, quest, scent, scrag, smell, smell about, smother, sniff, soul, stifle, throttle), въодушевление (elan), същност (entity, essence, gist, inwardness, juice, kernel, merits, nature, pith, point, quiddity, reality, self, sum, thisness), грабвам тайно и мистериозно, тинктура (elixir, tincture), характер (character, complexion, constitution, disposition, fiber, fibre, grit, grittiness, individuality, kidney, make, make up, mentality, metal, mettle, mould, nature, pattern, stuff, temper, turn), храброст (bravery, gallantry, valiancy, valor, valour), разтвор (liquor, solution, wash), спирт, смисъл (amount, effect, hang, import, intent, intention, matter, message, point, sense, signification, sound, use), смелост (audacity, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, manliness, pluck, sand, valor, valour), ободрявам (animate, brighten, bring round, buck up, cheer up, comfort, elevate, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, key up, lighten, liven up, nerve, pull round, reanimate, refresh, set up, stir up trouble, uplift). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

靈魂 (soul), 白乾兒 , 精神 (mental, Psychic, spirits, spiritual), (divine essence, God, lively, mysterious, soul, spiritual being, unusual), 氣概 (lofty quality, mettle). (various references)

   

Czech

  

strašidlo (bugbear, fright, ghost, poltergeist, spectre, spook), nálada (cheer, disposition, humor, humour, mood, spirits, temper, tuning), duševno, duch (apparition, esprit, ghost, gimp, mind, psyche, soul, spectre, spook), elán (Ardor, ardour, bounce, buoyancy, drive, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, guts, high spirits, pep, verve, vim, vivacity, zest), energie (energy, pith, power, sap, snap, stamina, vigor, vigour, vim), kuráž (guts, pluck, spunk), duše (bladder, psyche, soul), lihoviny, oživit (animate, brighten up, enliven, inspirit, jazz, liven, quicken, reanimate, recapture, regenerate, rejuvenate, retrieve, revive, vitalize, vivify), oduševnit (ensoul), odvaha (boldness, courage, daring, doughtiness, grit, guts, high spirits, mettle, nerve, spunk, valor, valour), přízrak (apparition, chimera, double, ghost, phantasm, phantom, spectre, vision, wraith), podstata (bedrock, being, essence, essentiality, gist, guts, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nubble, pith, principle, quintessence, substance, substantiality), povzbudit (buck up, cheer up, embolden, encourage, hearten, sharpen, stimulate, stir, whet), líh. (various references)

   

Danish

  

ånd (ghost, phantom). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

geest (fairy, ghost, intellect, mind, phantom, soul). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

spirito, vigleco (activity, gusto, stir, zest). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

andi (ghost, mind, phantom). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

جان (Breath, Ghost, Life), جرات (Courage, Gut, Mettle, Spunk, Venture), رمق (Life), روحیه (Mentality, Moral, Morale, Tuck), روان (Cursive, Easy, Fluent, Ghost, Glib, Handy, Liquid, Psyche, Smooth, Versatile, Voluble), روح دادن (Act, Animate, Enliven, Inanimate), روح (Esprit, Ghost, Numen, Phantom, Psyche, Specter, Spook, Sprite, Umber, Umbra, Wraith, Zinc, Zing), بسرخلق اوردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sprii (fruit spirits, spirits-fruits), henki (air, breath, life, person). (various references)

   

French

  

esprit. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

geast (soul, wit), belangstelling (account, activity, gusto, interest, stir, zest), animo (activity, gusto, stir, zest). (various references)

   

German

  

Geist (esprit, ghost, intellect, mettle, mind, phantom, psyche, specter, wit). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πνεύμα (esprit, ghost, humor, humour, wit). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מרץ (drive, energy, force, liveliness, nerve, rigour, sap, sinew, snap, steam, strength, verve, vigour, vim), לעודד (cheer, cheer up, embolden, encourage, hearten, invigorate, keep in countenance, man, nerve, strengthen), לעורר (alarm, alert, appeal, contest, excite, infuriate, inspire, instigate, occasion, promote, prompt, spark, stimulate, stir up), להמריץ (drive, encourage, goad, hearten, impel, instigate, spur, stimulate, stir up, tone up, urge), חיות (life, sap, verve, vitality, vivacity, zip), כוהל (alcohol), כונה (design, intent, intention, meaning, purport, purpose, significance), ספירט, נשמה (life, mind, psyche, soul), נפש (breath, life, mind, person, psyche, respiration, soul), נטיה (bent, deviation, disposition, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, pitch, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rake, set, slant, streak, taste, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, trend). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szesz (alcohol, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, liquor, rum, spirits, strong drink). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

önd (breath, duck). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

semangat (courage, elan, esprit, flush, genie, gusto, mercury, pep, verve, zeal, zest), roh jiwa, nyawa (soul), kebatinan (mysticism), api (blaze, fire, flame). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spirito (alcohol, esprit, ghost, humor, humour, liveliness, mind, pep, wit). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

霊魂 (soul), (soul), 勢い (authority, course, energy, force, impetus, influence, life, might, necessarily, power, tendency, vigor), 心霊 , (core, heart, marrow, mind, wick). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

こん (deep blue, navy blue, now, soul, this), せい (cause, companion, control, energy, establishment, family name, fault, gender, government, height, holding back, imperial command, laws, -made, make, military strength, organization, reason, regular, regulation, restraint, sex, stature, suppression, surname, system, threaten, true), かたぎ (character, disposition, hardwood, honest, respectable, temperament, trait, wooden printing block), いきおい (authority, course, energy, force, impetus, influence, life, might, necessarily, power, tendency, vigor), いじ (appetite, backbone, disposition, ideogram, maintenance, medical practice, memories, obstinacy, order of rank, order of seating, orphan, preservation, reminiscences, willpower), いき (abandonment, breath, chic, court rank diploma, desertion, disposition, essence, freshness, going, heart, level, limits, purity, region, relinquishment, stage, stet, style, tone), こころいき (disposition), こころ (heart, mind), (10th in rank, 6th in rank, chest, chronicle, coffer, crude, deed, lean on, mood, period, plan, pure, raw, rest against, rice tub, rule, season, season word or phrase, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar, skill, table, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar, that, timber, time, tree, undiluted, wood, yellow), こんじょう (guts, kindliness, nature, navy blue, temper, this life, this world, will-power), せいこん (energy, marriage, soul, vitality, wedding), れいこん (soul), れい (actor, case, cold, command, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, illustration, instance, nought, order, parallel, precedent, soul, usage, zero), スピリット , ゆうき (boldness, bravery, courage, definite period or term, departed soul, evocation, evoke, ghost, nerve, organic, revenant, valour), ガイスト , げんき (affectation, courage, energy, health, ostentation, pep, robust, stamina, standard, vanity, vigor, vim, vitality), けんしょう (charter, displaying, energy, epaulet, epaulette, good health, honouring, inspection, manifesting, offering prizes, pep, refer to modestly, revealing or demonstrating the truth, reward, sheath of tendon, shoulder strap, verification, winning), こんぱく (ghost, soul), きも (courage, guts, liver, pluck), たま (ball, bullet, coin, globe, shell, shot, soul, sphere), なきたま (departed soul), きしつ (air chamber, character, disposition, temperament, trait), きっぷ (character, disposition, ticket), きせい (ardour, completed, correction, death, entreaty, established, existing, fervour, great master of go, homecoming, oath, parasite, parasitism, pledge, prayer, rare, ready-made, realization of an objective, regulation, returning home, strange voice, uncommon, vigour, vow), きこつ (backbone, eccentric, grit, skin and bones, soul), しんれい (baptism by immersion, divine spirit, hand bell, new example, ringing of a bell), せいき (animation, century, Christian era, consciousness, era, essence, established, formal, genital, happen, legal, legitimate, life, life energy, occurrence, prosperous period, regular, sanity, soberness, take place, true character, true heart, true spirit, verve, vigor, vitality), きもったま (courage, guts, nerve, pluck), せいれい (cabinet order, diligence, ghost, government ordinance, industry, regulations, soul, the holy ghost), きはく (diluted, drive, lean, rarefied, rarified, soul, sparse, thin, vigor, weak), ぼうこん (departed soul), どしょうぼね (backbone, one's innate character), ほねっぷし (backbone, joint), せいずい (essence, kernel, pith), せいしょう (businessman with political ties, championship, energy, good health, green pine, unison, victory), せいしん (celestial bodies, fresh, heart, intention, mind, new, sincerity, soul, stars), たましい (soul), しんき (divinity, encouragement, feelings, fretfulness, mind, novel, novelty, one's mental state or attitude, originality, sacred treasure, stimulation, tedium, the elements, the three sacred treasures). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

정신 (mental, spirits). (various references)

   

Manx

  

spyrryd (common tern, esprit, ghost, morale, psyche), scaan (apparition, double, ghost, reflection, spectre, spook), rught (hag, hag ghost), liggar (liquor, spirits), inchyn (brain, grey matter, intellect), creeoilid (heartiness, vigour), bun as bree (original intention, quintessence), annymoilid (boisterousness, liveliness, sprightliness, vivacity). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

denaturert sprit (methylated spirit). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

spiritu (ghost, phantom), ánimo (activity, gusto, stir, zest). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iritspay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

espírito (esprit, genie, ghost, go, jinnee, mind, nous, poltergeist, psyche, python, soul, sprite, tone, wit), gênio (daemon, ethos, genie, genii, genius, temper), alma (bosom, essence, ghost, heart, mind, psyche, soul), aguardente (aquavitae, blue rum, brandy, cognac, hootch). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sens real, suflet (backbone, bosom, breast, breath, conscience, feeling, ghost, head, heart, inner man, Jack, life, life blood, man, mind, mortal, party, peppiness, soul), strigoi (ghost, hobgoblin, poltergeist, vampire), stare sufleteascã (cheer, condition, devil, mind, mood, vein), spirt (alcohol), spirit (apparition, crack, essence, genius, ghost, intellect, mind, quirk, score, shade, shadow, soul, spectre, spirituousness, sprite, vision, wit), spectru (apparition, fetch, ghost, spectre, spectrum), duh (genius, ghost, soul, wit), demon (demon, devil, fiend, imp, mischievous spirit), curaj (boldness, bravery, chins up, come on, courage, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, go, grit, gut, hardihood, manliness, nerve, pluck, recklessness, spunk, stomach, stoutness, valor, valour), cuget (conscience, mind, sense, thinking, thought), caracter (aspect, character, characteristic, color, colour, complexion, composition, constitution, disposition, feature, grain, kidney, kind, letter, loathsomeness, mettle, nature, patchiness, sort, stamp, state, temper), bunã dispoziţie (amenity, amiability, buoyancy, cheerfulness, elation, gaiety, geniality, good humor, good humour, snap), elf (elf, fairy, Goblin, sprite), alcool (alcohol, spirits), geniu (engineering, essence, genius), însufleţi (actuate, animate, enkindle, enliven, ensoul, fire, hearten, inspire, inspirit, liven, quicken, rouse), bãuturi spirtoase (strong drinks), energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip), entuziasma (carry away, carry smb. off his feet, electrify, enrapture, enthuse, exalt, transport), înţeles (import, meaning, sense, significance, signification), foc (affliction, Ardor, ardour, arson, blaze, bonfire, brunt, conflagration, discharge, fire, firing, glow, grief, heat, ingle, jib, light, round, shot), viaţã (alacrity, animation, being, biography, career, cheerfulness, day, existence, life, living, pepper, reality, sprightliness, vitality), intelect (head, intellect, mentality, mind, nous, understanding), minte (brain, imagination, intellect, judgment, mind, nous, pate, reason, savvy, sense, thinking, wisdom, wit, wits), naturã (character, color, colour, disposition, fiber, fibre, kidney, kind, life, mother nature, nature), rãpi (abduct, kidnap, lay open, rape, ravish, Rob, steal), temperament (blood, complexion, constitution, disposition, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, nature, pepper, temper, temperament), fire (character, disposition, feather, fiber, fibre, grain, mettle, nature, sort, temper). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

дух (ghost, mind, soul, wraith). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

spiorad (a spirit), smiodan, misneach (courage, fortitude), meanmnachd (fancy), meanmna (bravery, magnanimity, mettle), meamna, meanmna, aigneadh (disposition, temper). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

raspoloženje (humor, humour, lightheartedness, mood, spirit level, temper), podstrekivati, oduševljenje (ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, kindling, verve), oduševiti (enthuse, excite, stir up), duh (ghost, jinnee, soul, sprite, wraith), duša (darling, psyche, soul), alkoholno piće (boose, booze, hooch, libation, liquor, swizzle, tipple), živnuti (become lively, buck up, liven, liven up), špiritus (denatured alcohol). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

espíritu (breathing, esprit, ghost, intelligence, liquor, mind, soul, spirits). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

själ (mind, mortal, psyche, soul), andemening, ande (genie, genius, ghost, intellect, jinn, jinnee, mind), anda (breath, genius, morale, tone, vibes, wind). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hayalet (apparition, ghost, phantasm, phantom, shade, shades, shadow, specter, spectre, spook, sprite, wraith), özel durum (incident, occasion, special occasion), üstünlük (advantage, altitude, ascendancy, ascendency, beat, championship, class, distinction, dominance, edge, eligibility, excellence, head start, hegemony, lordship, mastery, odds, overweight, pre eminence, precedence, predominance, preponderance, primacy, supereminence, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, whip hand), şevk (animation, ardour, desire, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, fervour, glow, mettle, spiritedness, verve), can (beloved, darling, esprit, heart, life, lifeblood, precious, soul, vitality), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, arouse, brace, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, furbish up, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, regenerate, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake, waken), cesaret (audacity, bear up, boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, doughtiness, enterprise, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, gumption, guts, hardihood, hardiness, heart, nerve, pecker, pluck, prowess, sand, spunk, stoutness, ticker, valiantness, valor, valour), cesaretlendirmek (comfort, elevate, encourage, hearten, innervate, set on, spirit up, strengthen smb.'s hand), örnek insan (sport), gerçek anlam (real meaning, value), ruh hali (frame of mind, habit of mind, humor, humour, inward, mood, psychology, state of mind, temper, tone), heveslendirmek (arouse desire in smb., root for), insan (anthropo-, born of woman, hominid, human, human being, humanity, lords of creation, man, microcosm, mortal, naked ape), ispirto (alcohol, aqua vitae), maneviyat (inwardness, morale), neşe (brightness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, esprit, exhilaration, frolic, gaiety, glee, hilarity, humor, humour, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasantry, raciness, rejoicing, sprightliness, sunshine, vivacity), neşelendirmek (amuse, animate, brace, brace up, brighten, buck up, cheer, cheer up, elate, enliven, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, light, light up, liven, liven up, quicken, revive, spirit up, vivify), peri (elf, Faerie, faery, fairy, Fay, genie, Peri, pixie, pixy, sprite), ruh (astral body, aura, esprit, essence, essential oil, genius, ghost, heartbeat, inner man, manes, pith, pith and marrow, psyche, shade, smelling salts, soul), güç (ability, arduous, arm, baffling, capability, capacity, clout, clutch, clutches, command, control, difficult, dominance, energy, force, forcefulness, hard, intensity, iron, might, pep, pith, potency, potential, power, punch, rod, sinew, stamina, steam, sting, strength, stuffing, sword, tone, tricksy, vigor, vigour, vim, vis, vitality, zing). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

ruh (soul), юдht (mood), gцwьn (soul). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

суть (alcohol, backbone, content, core, entity, essence, essential, existence, gist, hinge, inwardness, juice, kernel, marrow, marrowbone, matter, nature, net, nub, pith, point, quid, quiddity, quintessence, self, soul, substance), рішучість (dash, decision, determination, firmness, fixedness, flatness, purpose, resoluteness, vigor, vigour), тенденція (proclivity, tendence, tendency, trend), таємно винести, настрій (cheer, cue, disposition, humor, humour, mood, posture, temper, vein), натура (nature, temper), запальність (hastiness, pepper, spunk, storminess, warmth), пожвавлювати (brisk, enliven, exhilarate, point, reactivate, soup), дух (esprit, genie, mind, psyche, soul). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự hăng hái (ardour, burning, enthusiasm, fire, impassionedness, keenness, mustard, snap, verve), xu hướng tinh thần tinh thần, tinh thần linh hồn, thần thánh (deism, holily), thái độ tinh thần, tâm hồn thần linh, quỷ thần tinh thần, phấn chấn buồn rầu, nhiệt tình (animation, burning, devoted, devotedly, devout, fire, impassionedness, mettle, mettled, mettlesome, verve, warm), nghĩa đúng linh hồn, nghị lực (dash, energy, pith, zip), lòng can đảm (manhood), khí thế tinh thần, chán nản (chop, crest-fallen, dark, dejected, depressed, despondent, despondingly, dispiritedly, down, down-hearted, ennuied, hatchet, heartsick, heavy, long, low-spirited, mopish, spleenful, spleenish, spleeny), điều kiện tinh thần ảnh hưởng tinh thần. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ysbryd (apparition, ghost). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

pixan, iik' (air, wind). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Spirit

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

gidim, lil. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

psykhe, psykhe-, psykhikos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

amice, anima, animabus, animae, animam, animarum, animas, animis, animositas, animositatem, animositates, animositatis, animus, daemone, daemones, daemonia, daemonibus, daemoniis, daemonio, daemoniorum, daemonium, daemonum, fantasma, phasma phasmatis, spiritum, spiritus, studia, studiis, studio, studiorum, studium. (various references)

Avestan200-600

ahûm , anghu, mainyêush, manivå. (various references)

Old English450-1100

ansu-, gast, mod, modsefa. (various references)

Old French900-1400

esprit. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

esprit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Spirit

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 9, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai apokriqeiV eiV ek tou oclou eipen didaskale hnegka ton uion mou proV se econta pneuma alalon
Latin405VulgateQui ubicumque eum adprehenderit adlidit eum et spumat et stridet dentibus et arescit et dixi discipulis tuis ut eicerent illum et non potuerunt
Old English990West SaxonHym andswerede an of þare manigeo. Lareow ich brohte minne sune dumbne gasthæbbende
Middle English1395WyclifHe hurtlith hym doun, and he fometh, and betith togidir with teeth, and wexith drye. And Y seide to thi disciplis, that thei schulden caste hym out, and thei myyten not.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd one of the copanye answered and sayde: Master I have brought my sonne vnto the which hath a dome spirite.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought to thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit;
Basic English1964OgdenAnd one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Spirit

LanguageMark Chapter 9, Verse 17
CebuanoUg kaniya usa ka tawo sa panon mitubag nga nag-ingon, "Magtutudlo, ania gidala ko kanimo kining akong anak, kay kini siya ugod aduna may espiritu nga makapaamang;
Chinese眾 人 中 間 有 一 個 人 回 答 說 、 夫 子 、 我 帶 了 我 的 兒 子 到 你 這 裡 來 、 他 被 啞 吧 鬼 附 著 .
CroatianOdvrati netko iz mnoštva: "Uèitelju, dovedoh k tebi svoga sina koji ima nijemoga duha.
DanishOg en af Skaren svarede ham: "Mester! jeg har bragt min Søn til dig; han har en målløs Ånd.
DutchEn een uit de schare, antwoordende, zeide: Meester, ik heb mijn zoon tot U gebracht, die een stommen geest heeft.
FinnishSilloin vastasi eräs mies kansanjoukosta hänelle: "Opettaja, minä toin sinun tykösi poikani, jossa on mykkä henki.
FrenchEt un homme de la foule lui répondit: Maître, j`ai amené auprès de toi mon fils, qui est possédé d`un esprit muet.
GaelicIs fhreagair fear den t-sluagh, ag radh: A mhaighistir, thug mi gad ionnsuidh mo mhac anns a bheil spiorad balbh.
GermanEiner aber aus dem Volk antwortete und sprach: Meister, ich habe meinen Sohn hergebracht zu dir, der hat einen sprachlosen Geist.
Haitian CreoleYon nonm nan foul moun yo reponn li: -Mèt, mwen te mennen ti gason m' lan ba ou; li anba yon move lespri ki rann li bèbè.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSeorang dari antara orang banyak itu menjawab, "Bapak Guru, saya membawa anak saya kepada Bapak. Dia bisu karena kemasukan roh jahat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka seorang dari antara orang banyak itu menyahut kepada-Nya, "Ya Guru, hamba sudah bawa kepada Guru anak hamba laki-laki yang gila babi.
ItalianGli rispose uno della folla: «Maestro, ho portato da te mio figlio, posseduto da uno spirito muto.
MaoriNa ka whakahoki tetahi i roto i te mano, ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, i kawea mai e ahau taku tama ki a koe, he wairua reokore tona;
NorwegianOg en blandt folket svarte: Mester! jeg har ført til dig min sønn, som er besatt av en målløs ånd;
PortugueseRespondeu-lhe um dentre a multidão: Mestre, eu te trouxe meu filho, que tem um espírito mudo;   
RumanianWi un om din norod I -a rqspuns: ,,Knvqyqtorule, am adus la Tine pe fiul meu, care este stqpknit de un duh mut.
RussianпДЙО ЙЪ ОБТПДБ УЛБЪБМ Ч ПФЧЕФ: хЮЙФЕМШ! С РТЙЧЕМ Л фЕВЕ УЩОБ НПЕЗП, ПДЕТЦЙНПЗП ДХИПН ОЕНЩН:
ShuarTutai chikichik ayak "Uuntá, winia uchirun Amin itiarjame. Iwianchruku asa chichachuiti.
SwahiliHapo mtu mmoja katika ule umati wa watu akamjibu, "Mwalimu, nimemleta mwanangu kwako, ana pepo aliyemfanya kuwa bubu.
SwedishOch en man i folkhopen svarade honom: "Mästare, jag har fört till dig min son, som är besatt av en stum ande.
UmaHadua ngkai tauna to wori' toera mpo'uli': "Guru, oi-kuwo ana' -ku, kukeni bona nupaka'uri' -i. Uma-i howa' mololita apa' napesuai' anudaa' -i.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Spirit

Derivations

Words beginning with "spirit": spirited, spiritedly, spiritedness, spiritednesses, spiriting, spiritism, spiritisms, spiritist, spiritistic, spiritists, spiritless, spiritlessly, spiritlessness, spiritlessnesses, spiritoso, spiritous, spirits, spiritual, spiritualism, spiritualisms, spiritualist, spiritualistic, spiritualists, spiritualities, spirituality, spiritualization, spiritualizations, spiritualize, spiritualized, spiritualizes, spiritualizing, spiritually, spiritualness, spiritualnesses, spirituals, spiritualties, spiritualty, spirituel, spirituelle, spirituous. (additional references)

Words ending with "spirit": dispirit, inspirit. (additional references)

Words containing "spirit": despiritualize, despiritualized, despiritualizes, despiritualizing, dispirited, dispiritedly, dispiritedness, dispiritednesses, dispiriting, dispirits, inspirited, inspiriting, inspiritingly, inspirits, meanspirited, respiritualize, respiritualized, respiritualizes, respiritualizing, unspiritual. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Spirit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Espirit, Espiritu, Sephirot, Shirish, Shitrit, Sikrit, sparat, sperit, spinrit, spinrite, spira, spiret, spiri, spirte, sprich, sprif. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Spirit"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "spirit" (pronounced spi"rut)
3-r u tberet, carat, carrot, culprit, curate, demerit, desperate, elaborate, ferret, garret, inherit, interpret, invertebrate, karat, merit, noncorporate, parrot, pirate, portrait, reinterpret, secret, supersecret, temperate.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Spirit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-i-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: spirt, sprit, stirp, strip, tipis, trips.

-2 letters: iris, pits, rips, spit, stir, tipi, tips, trip.

-3 letters: its, pis, pit, psi, rip, sip, sir, sit, sri, tip, tis.

-4 letters: is, it, pi, si, ti.

 Words containing the letters "i-i-p-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: pitiers, spirits, tipsier.

 

+2 letters: airstrip, apiarist, dispirit, gripiest, imprints, inspirit, misprint, parities, picrites, priciest, pristine, priviest, puristic, purities, riptides, scrimpit, spiriest, spirited, spirting, spitfire, stripier, striping, tiderips, tripolis.

 

+3 letters: airstrips, aperitifs, apiarists, chirpiest, crimpiest, crispiest, disparity, dispirits, driftpins, drippiest, filmstrip, grippiest, inspirits, isotropic, misprints, nephritis, parasitic, parotitis, patissier, patristic, petrifies, pinstripe, positiver, prelimits, prickiest, priesting, printings, prismatic, prissiest, privatise, privatism, privities, probities, prohibits, propositi, psoriatic, respiting, riposting, rippliest, scripting, spindrift, spiriting, spiritism, spiritist, spiritoso, spiritous, spiritual, spirituel, spitfires, sprinting, spritsail, spritzing, stripiest, stripings, stripling, stripping, topiaries, traipsing, tricuspid, triplites, triploids, tripodies, trippiest, trippings, tripwires, tropistic, typifiers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Abbreviations
24. Acronyms
25. Derivations
26. Rhymes
27. Anagrams
28. Bibliography


  

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