See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

GHOST (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to the W. See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)  , in the sense now prevailing, the spirit of a dead See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person considered as appearing in some visible or sensible See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to the living (see See also:

• APPARITIONS

APPARITIONS; PSYCHICAL See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

RESEARCH, "Phantasms of the Dead"; See also:

• SPIRITUALISM

SPIRITUALISM) . In the earlier and wider sense of spirit in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, or of the principle of See also:

• LIFE

life, the word is practically obsolete . The See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of the Authorized Version of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, however, has preserved the phrase " to give up the See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

ghost, still sometimes used of dying . The Spirit of See also:

• GOD

God, too, the third person of the Trinity, is still called, not in the technical language of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology only, the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Ghost . The See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective " ghostly " is still occasionally used for " spiritual " (cf. the Ger. geistlich) as contrasted with " bodily," especially in such combinations as " ghostly counsel," " ghostly comfort." We may even speak of a " ghostly adviser," though not without a See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of affectation; on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the phrase " ghostly See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man " for a clergyman (cf. the Ger . Geistlicher) is an archaism the use of which could only be justified by poetic See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence, as in See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson's Elaine (1(394) . The word " ghost," from the shadowy and unsubstantial quality attributed to the apparitions of the dead, has come also to be commonly used to emphasize the want of force or substance generally, in such phrases as " not the ghost of a See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance," " not the ghost of an See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea." It is also applied to those See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic " hacks " who are paid to do See also:

• WORK

work for which others get the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit .