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[the same pronunciation]

“Spirit”, as a noun, is ‘a person’s qualities, such as character, attitude, determination, courage, intentions, endurance, i.e. the capacity to face physical and/or mental problems, that are not seen, but believed to exist in the mind; soul; mood = the act of feeling happy or sad on a particular occasion; the ideas, feelings, sentiments, beliefs, etc. of a group of people in a particular period of time, place; a strong alcoholic drink, such as brandy, rum or whisky; a liquid with a strong alcoholic base used for cleaning’; as a verb, it is ‘to take away someone or something from a place, usually someone in danger of being attacked or arrested, quickly and secretly’,

e.g.

The winner of the gold medal was still in high spirits when his medal was stripped off him for drug abuse.

She is 65, but she still feels 16 in spirit.

The rise in their salary lifted the spirits of the employees.

Modern lifestyle hasn’t destroyed the spirit of some cultures.

The film star was spirited away through a back door when her fans mobbed her.

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“Spirit” is ‘the unseen person within a person with a physical body that many people believe continues to live even after the physical body dies; a creature without a physical body that lives in somebody else’s physical body and controls that person with its magical or evil powers; and angel or a dead person; a ghost’,

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“Spirit” (noun & always with a capital ‘s’ and the article ‘the’) is ‘(according to some religions) God’,

e.g.

The Rev. Father at the church said on Sunday: “The Holy Spirit is one of the three personages of God.”

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