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’Tis well blown lads; 
This morning, like the spirit of a youth 
That means to be of note, begins betimes. Shakspeare. 
Genius; vigour of mind. 
More ample spirit than hitherto was wont. 
Here needs me, whiles the famous ancestors 
Of my most dreaded sovereign I recount. 
By which all earthly princes she doth far surmount. Spenser. 
Turn of mind; power of mind moral or intellectual. 
You were us’d 
To say extremity was the trier of spirits , 
That common chances common men could bear. 
Shakspeare. 
Intellectual powers distinct from the body. 
In spirit perhaps he also saw 
Rich Mexico, the seat of Montezume. Milton. 
Sentiment; perception. 
You are too great to be by me gainsaid: 
Your spirit is too true, your fears too certain. Shakspeare. 
Eagerness; desire.—God has changed men’s tempers with 
the times, and made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of 
pulling down. South. —Man of activity; man of life, fire 
and enterprise. 
The wat’ry kingdom is no bar 
To stop the foreign spirits , but they come. Shakspeare. 
Persons distinguished by qualities of the mind.—A French 
word, growing obsolete. 
Oft pitying God did well-form’d spirits raise, 
Fit for the toilsome business of their days. 
To free the groaning nation, and to give 
Peace first, and then the rules in peace to live. Cowley. 
That which gives vigour or cheerfulness to the mind; the 
purest part of the body bordering, says Sydenham, on im¬ 
materiality. In this meaning it is commonly written with 
the plural termination. 
In some fair body thus the secret soul 
With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole; 
Each motion guides, and ev’ry nerve sustains. 
Itself unseen, but in the effects remains. Pope. 
Characteristical likeness; essential qualties.—Italian pieces 
will appear best in a room where the windows are high, be¬ 
cause they are commonly made to a descending light, which 
of all other doth set off men’s faces in their truest spirit. 
Wot ton. —Anything eminently pure and refined. 
Nor doth the eye itself. 
That most pure spirit of sense, behold itself. Shakspeare. 
That which hath power of energy.—There is in wine a 
mighty spirit, that will not be congealed. South. —An in¬ 
flammable liquor raised by distillation; as brandy, rum.— 
All spirits, by frequent use, detroy, and at last extinguish 
the natural heat of the stomach. Temple. —Mark to denote 
an aspirated pronunciation.—That the press should have 
stripped these broken ends of verses [Homer’s] of the unne¬ 
cessary and troublesome luggage of spirits and accents, is 
neither the compositor’s nor the corrector’s fault. Da/garno. 
—It may be observed, that in the poets spirit was a mono¬ 
syllable, and therefore was often written sprite, or, less pro¬ 
perly, spright. 
The charge thereof unto a courteous spright 
Commanded was. Spenser. 
To SPIRIT, v. a. To animate or actuate as a spirit. 
[spiritato, Ital., from spiritare, possessed with an evil spirit.] 
So talk’d the spirited sly snake. Milton. 
To excite; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate to 
action.—Many officers and private men spirit up and assist 
those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion. Swift. 
—To draw; to entice.—The ministry had him spirited 
away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person. Arbuth- 
not. 
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SPI'RIT ALLY, ado. [spirit us, Lat.] By means of the 
breath.—Conceive one of each pronounced spiritally, the 
other vocally. Holder. 
SPIRITED, adj. Lively ; vivacious; full of fire.—Dry- 
den’s translation of Virgil is noble and spirited. Pope. 
SPIRITEDLY, adv. In a lively or strong manner. 
SPI'RITEDNESS, s. Disposition or make of mind.— 
He showed the narrow spiritedness, pride, and ignorance of 
pedants. Addison. 
SPI'RITFUL, adj. Lively; full of spirit. 
SPI'RITFULLY, adv. In a sprightly or lively manner. 
SPl'RITFULNESS, s. Sprightliness; liveliness.—A cock’s 
crowing is, a tone that corresponds to singing, attesting his 
mirth and sprightfulness. Harvey. 
SPIRITLESS,^'. Dejected; low; deprived of vigour; 
wanting courage; depressed. 
A man so faint, so spiritless, 
So dull, so dead in look, so woe begone, 
Drew Priam’s curtain. Shakspeare. 
Having no breath; extinct.—The very condition of human 
nature admonishes us, that the spiritless body should be 
restored to the earth from whence it was derived. Green- 
hill . 
SPIRITLESSLY, adv. Without spirit; without exertion. 
—The same [external profession] will this church of Lao- 
dicea hold on spiritlessly and lazily, with little life or zeal. 
More. 
SPIRITLESSNESS, s. State of being spiritless. 
SPI'RITOUS, adj. Refined; defecated; advanced near 
to spirit. 
More refin’d, more spiritous and pure, 
As near to him is plac’d, or nearer tending. - Milton. 
Fine; ardent; active.—The spiritous and benign matter 
most apt for generation. Smith. 
SPI'RITOUSNESS, s. Fineness and activity of parts.— 
They, notwithstanding the great thinness aud spiritousness 
of the liquor, did lift up the upper surface, and for a mo¬ 
ment form a thin film like a small hemisphere. Boyle. 
SPIRITU SANTO, a town on the south side of the 
island of Cuba, opposite to the north-west part of the cluster 
of isles and rocks called Jardin de la Reyna, and about 45 
miles north-westerly of la Trinidad. 
SPIRITU SANTO, or Tampay Bay, called also 
Hillsborough Bay, lies on the west coast of the penin¬ 
sula of East Florida, has a number of shoals and keys at its 
mouth, and is 9 leagues north-north-west of Charlotte har¬ 
bour, and 56 south-east-by south of the bay of Apalache. 
Lat. 27. 36. N. long.82. 54. W. 
SPIRITU SANTO, a town of Brazil, in South America. 
It is situated on the sea coast, in a very fertile country, and 
has a small castle and harbour. Lat. 20. 10. S. long. 41. 
W. 
SPIRITU SANTO, a lake towards the extremity of the 
peninsula of East Florida, southward from the chain of 
lakes which communicate with St. John’s river. 
SPIRITU SANTO, a river of Mexico, which runs into 
the Pacific Ocean. Lat. 23. N. long. 106. 40. W. 
SPIRITU SANTO, a river of Brazil, which runs into the 
Atlantic. Lat. 20. 10. S. 
SPIRITU SANTO ISLANDS, or Andros, a chain of 
islands, situated to the south-west of the Bahamas; the 
largest about 40 miles in length, and 8 in breadth. Lat- 24. 
to 25. 12. N. long. 77. to 78.15. W. 
SPIRITUAL, adj. [spirituel, Fr.] Distinct from matter; 
immaterial; incorporeal.—Echo is a great argument of the 
spiritual essence of sounds; for if it were corporeal, the re¬ 
percussion should be created by like instruments with the 
original sound. Bacon. —Mental; intellectual. 
Spiritual armour, able to resist 
Satan’s assaults. Milton. 
Not gross; refined from external things; relative only to 
the mind.—Some who pretend to be of more spiritual and 
refined religion, spend their time in contemplation, and 
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