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bs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor.

of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.

merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.

To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles.

Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. -- An"i*ma`ting*ly, adv.

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive. The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.

life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. Tylor.

Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.] Ash.

Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

Animating spirit; intention; temper. nimus furandi Etym: [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.

In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.

The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

on of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.

An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.

Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.

The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.