Definition

• n. - Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
• n. - A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
• n. - Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
• n. - The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
• n. - Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
• n. - Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.