8 examples of spirit
           
        
    1
    
        a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
    
    2
    
        to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits
    
    3
    
        the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like
    
    4
    
        civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men
    
    5
    
        his spirit rose
    
    6
    
        he was in good spirits
    
    7
    
        it had the smell of treason
    
    8
    
        a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting