Онлайн-словарь

 
 I.  noun 
 Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, espirit, spirit, from Latin spiritus, literally, breath, from spirare to blow, breathe
 Date: 13th century
 an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms, a supernatural being or essence: as,  Holy Spirit  ,  soul  2a, an often malevolent being that is bodiless but can become visible, a malevolent being that enters and possesses a human being, temper or disposition of mind or outlook especially when vigorous or animated , the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person, 
 
 5. the activating or essential principle influencing a person , an inclination, impulse, or tendency of a specified kind ;  mood  , 
 
 6. a special attitude or frame of mind , the feeling, quality, or disposition characterizing something , a lively or brisk quality in a person or a person's actions, a person having a character or disposition of a specified nature, a mental disposition characterized by firmness or assertiveness , 1
 
 0.  distillate  1: as, the liquid containing ethyl alcohol and water that is distilled from an alcoholic liquid or mash, any of various volatile liquids obtained by distillation or cracking (as of petroleum, shale, or wood), a usually volatile organic solvent (as an alcohol, ester, or hydrocarbon), 1
 
 1. prevailing tone or tendency , general intent or real meaning , an alcoholic solution of a volatile substance , enthusiastic loyalty ,  god  1b, see:  courage  
 
 II. transitive  verb 
 Date: 1608
 to infuse with spirit, to carry off usually secretly or mysteriously

 spirit gum 
  noun 
 Date: 1886
 a solution (as of gum arabic in ether) used especially for attaching false hair to the skin

 spirit level 
  noun 
 Date: 1768
  level  1

 spirit of wine 
 Date: 15th century  alcohol  1c

 spirit rapping 
  noun 
 Date: 1852
 communication by raps held to be from the spirits of the dead

 spirit varnish 
  noun 
 Date: 1758
 a varnish in which a volatile liquid (as alcohol) is the solvent

 spirit writing 
  noun 
 Date: 1864
 automatic writing held to be produced under the influence of spirits