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spirits meaning

EN[ˈspɪɹɪts]
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  • NounBFspirit
    1. (plural only) distilled alcoholic beverages.
      1. plural of spirit.
      2. VerbBFspiritPRspiritingPT, PPspirited
        1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of spirit.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.
            • There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.
            • narmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove. — John Milton.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
            • It was concertized folk music, complete with cello, but it had spirit.
            • They seem to be so interfused with the emotions of the soul, that they strike upon the heart almost like the living touch of a spirit.

        Meaning of spirits for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "spirits" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form and a pluralia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Noun forms
              • Noun plural forms
              • Pluralia tantum
              • Verbs
                • Verb forms
                  • Verb singular forms
                    • Third-person singular forms
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