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Spirit meaning in Urdu & English |
دم ۔ سانس ۔ نفس ۔ روح ۔ جان ۔ زندگی ۔ حیات ۔ قوت ۔ شخص ۔ فرد ۔ پربت ۔ ہمت ۔
English to English Dictionary
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(1) - Spirit (n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like. (2) - Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. (3) - Spirit (n.) 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. (4) - Spirit (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material. (5) - Spirit (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body. (6) - Spirit (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. (7) - Spirit (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. (8) - Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. (9) - Spirit (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits. (10) - Spirit (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off. (11) - Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities. (12) - Spirit (n.) 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) - Spirit (n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. (14) - Spirit (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture. (15) - Spirit (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). (16) - Spirit (n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic. (17) - 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. (18) - Spirit (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
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