Ghost: alternatives and connections

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

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Same as Phantasm.

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Gone.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

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A phantasm.

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That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

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To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

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To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

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The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

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Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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Sole.

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The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

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To labor; to travail.

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One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

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Weight.

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An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

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The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

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The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

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Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.

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Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.

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To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

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To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

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To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

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To besiege; to beset.

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Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Alt. of Spectre

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Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

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A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

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