Ghost
n.
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The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
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The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose.
I thought that I had died in sleep,
And was a blessed ghost.
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Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.
Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
And he gave up the ghost full softly.
Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Phrases & Compounds
- Ghost moth
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a large European moth (Hepialus humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great swift.
- Holy Ghost
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the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
- To give up [or] yield up the ghost
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to die; to expire.
Ghost
v. i.
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To die; to expire. [Obs.]
Ghost
v. t.
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To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. [Obs.]