Intellect: The exercise of the mind: General: Intellect

1. a. The vital principle or animating force within living beings. b. Incorporeal consciousness.

2. The soul, considered as departing from the body of a person at death.

5. A supernatural being, as:. a. An angel or a demon. b. A being inhabiting or embodying a particular place, object, or natural phenomenon. c. A fairy or sprite.

6. a. The part of a human being associated with the mind, will, and feelings: Though unable to join us today, they are with us in spirit. b. The essential nature of a person or group.

7. A person as characterized by a stated quality: He is a proud spirit.

8. a. An inclination or a tendency of a specified kind: Her actions show a generous spirit. b. A causative, activating, or essential principle: The couple's engagement was announced in a joyous spirit.

9. spirits. A mood or an emotional state: The guests were in high spirits. His sour spirits put a damper on the gathering.

10. A particular mood or an emotional state characterized by vigor and animation: sang with spirit.

11. Strong loyalty or dedication: team spirit.

12. The predominant mood of an occasion or a period: “The spirit of 1776 is not dead” (Thomas Jefferson).

13. The actual though unstated sense or significance of something: the spirit of the law.

14. Often spirits (used with a sing. verb). An alcohol solution of an essential or volatile substance.

15. spirits. An alcoholic beverage, especially distilled liquor.

spir·it·ed, spir·it·ing, spir·its

1. To carry off mysteriously or secretly: The documents had been spirited away.

2. To impart courage, animation, or determination to; inspirit.

[Middle English, from Old French espirit, from Latin spìritus, breath, from spìrâre, to breathe.]

spirit, soul, Geist, mind, inner mind, inner sense, inner being

heart, heart's core, breast, bosom, inner self, essential part

psyche, pneuma, id, ego, superego, animus, anima, self, subliminal self, the unconscious, the subconscious

personality, dual personality, multiple personality, split personality, personality disorder

spiritualism, spiritism, psychomancy, psychical research, occultism

essential part: heart, soul, inner man, spirit

temperament: temperament, temper, frame of mind, humor, disposition, mood, spirit, affections

vigorousness: liveliness, spirit, vim, vim and vigor, vitality, zing, zip, éclat

subjectivity: psyche, higher self, spiritual self, spirit

fuel: alcohol, spirit, methylated spirit

meaning: meaning, idea conveyed, substance, essence, spirit, sum, sum and substance, gist, pith, nitty-gritty

vigor: spirit, fire, ardor, glow, warmth, fervor, vehemence, enthusiasm, passion, feeling

resolution: guts, pluck, spunk, grit, backbone, spirit

restlessness: vivacity, spirit, animation, liveliness, vitality, life

affections: spirit, temper, tone, grain, mettle, temperament

affections: being, innermost being, breast, bosom, heart, soul, core, inmost soul, inner man, cockles of the heart, heart of hearts, essential part, spirit

moral sensibility: spirit, spiritedness, vivacity, vivaciousness, liveliness, verve, vigor

courage: spirit, mettle, dash, go, élan, panache, vigorousness