21. (adj.)spirit operating by burningalcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
22. spirit of or pertaining to spiritualist bodies or activities.
23. (v.t.)spirit to carry off mysteriously or secretly (often fol. by away or off): to be spirited away by unknown captors.
24. spirit to encourage; urge on or stir up.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME (n.) < L spīritus orig., a breathing =spīri-, comb. form repr. spīrāre to breathe +-tus suffix of v. action)
Definition of 'SPIRIT'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)spirit the vital principle or animating force within living things
2. (noun)spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell 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. (noun)spirit a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
4. (noun)spirit, disembodied spirit any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
5. (noun)emotional state, spirit 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. (noun)intent, purport, spirit the intended meaning of a communication
7. (noun)liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness animation and energy in action or expression "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
8. (verb)heart, spirit an inclination or tendency of a certain kind "he had a change of heart"
9. (verb)spirit, spirit up, inspirit infuse with spirit "The company spirited him up"
1. (noun)spirit the part of a person that is believed to go on living after death; = soul the spirits of the dead
2. spirit an energetic and enthusiastic attitude a young horse with a lot of spirit; school/team spirit
3. spirit a general idea, rather than specificwords His decisions reflect the spirit of the law.
4. spirit a being with magical powers She believed evil spirits were to blame.
Definition of 'SPIRIT'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)SPIRIT air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself
2. (noun)SPIRIT a rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing
3. (noun)SPIRIT life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter
8. (noun)SPIRIT one who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces greatactivity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
10. (noun)SPIRIT intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individualgenius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like
11. (noun)SPIRIT tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities
12. (noun)SPIRIT any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural
13. (noun)SPIRIT rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors
15. (noun)SPIRIT any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment)
16. (noun)SPIRIT stannic chloride. See under Stannic
17. (verb)SPIRIT to animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up
18. (verb)SPIRIT to convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off
Definitions of SPIRIT 
Afrikaans: emosie
Arabic: روح، مَبْدأ
Bulgarian: дух
Brazilian: espírito
Czech: duch
German: der Geist
Danish: ånd
Greek: πνεύμα, αίσθηση
Spanish: espíritu
Estonian: vaim, meelsus
Farsi: روحيه
Finnish: henki
French: esprit
Hebrew: נֶפֶש
Hindi: भावना
Croatian: duh
Hungarian: szellem
Indonesian: semangat
Icelandic: hugarfar
Italian: spirito
Japanese: 精神
Korean: 마음
Lithuanian: dvasia
Latvian: gars
Malay: semangat
Dutch: geest
Norwegian: ånd, kraft
Polish: uczucie, nastawienie
Persian: روحيه
Pashto: خوټيدل، دارى
Portuguese: espírito
Romanian: spirit
Russian: дух; настроение
Slovak: duch
Slovenian: duh
Serbian: duh
Swedish: anda, stämning, sinnelag
Thai: น้ำใจ
Turkish: ruh
Taiwanese: 精神，道義，感情
Ukrainian: дух
Urdu: رائج ذہنی یا اخلاقی رویہ
Vietnamese: tinh thần, linh hồn
Chinese: 精神，道义，感情
