spirit
verb/ˈspɪrɪt/
/ˈspɪrɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spirit | /ˈspɪrɪt/ /ˈspɪrɪt/ |
| he / she / it spirits | /ˈspɪrɪts/ /ˈspɪrɪts/ |
| past simple spirited | /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/ /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/ |
| past participle spirited | /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/ /ˈspɪrɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form spiriting | /ˈspɪrɪtɪŋ/ /ˈspɪrɪtɪŋ/ |
- spirit something + adv./prep. to take somebody/something away in a quick, secret or mysterious way
- After the concert, the band was spirited away before their fans could get near them.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin spiritus ‘breath, spirit’, from spirare ‘breathe’.
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