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ghost: see apparition apparition, spiritualistic manifestation of a person or object in which a form not actually present is seen with such intensity that belief in its reality is created. ..... Click the link for more information. ; poltergeist poltergeist (pōl`tərgīst) [Ger. ..... Click the link for more information. . ghostSoul or specter of a deceased person. Belief in ghosts has been common since ancient times and is reflected in folklore around the world. It is based on the notion that the spirit is separable from the body and can continue its existence after the death of the body. Ghosts are believed to inhabit the netherworld and to be capable of returning to the world of the living, appearing as living beings or in a nebulous likeness of the deceased. They are thought to be especially likely to haunt places or people connected with some strong emotion of their past life, such as fear, remorse, or the terror of a violent death. The traditional visual manifestations of haunting include ghostly apparitions, the movement of objects, or the appearance of strange lights; auditory signs include disembodied laughter and screams, knocking, or footsteps. ghost(1) See ghosted. ghost Physics a. a faint secondary image produced by an optical system b. a similar image on a television screen, formed by reflection of the transmitting waves or by a defect in the receiver ghost [gōst] (computer science) To display a menu option in a dimmed, fuzzy typeface to indicate that this option is no longer available. (ordnance) In passive detection, one of the intersection points of lines of position which do not represent actual targets but are only crossover points of multiple plotted lines of position from two or more detection stations. (petrology) The discernible outline of the shape of a former crystal or of another rock structure that has been partly obliterated and has as its boundaries inclusions, bubbles, or other foreign matter. Also known as phantom. Ghost Akakyevich, Akakii his ghost steals coats off people’s backs. [Russ. Lit.: Gogol The Overcoat] the murdered prince returns as a ghost to frustrate the usurper and proclaim the true heir. [Br. Lit.: Walpole The Castle of Otranto in Magill I, 124] appears as ghost to lover. [Br. Lit.: “Alonzo the Brave” in Walsh Modern, 14] ghost returns to the Spanish court to learn of the events that followed his death. [Br. Drama: The Spanish Tragedy in Magill II, 990] a spectral army of angels that supposedly came between German and British forces (1914). [Br. and Fr. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 447] his ghost appears to Macbeth at a banquet, sitting in Macbeth’s own seat. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Macbeth] haunter of cemeteries; attendant of Shiva. [Hindu Myth.: Parrinder, 45]
ghost of witty first wife returns to mock her husband and his second wife. [Br. Drama: Noel Coward Blithe Spirit in On Stage, 236] warns Brutus that he and Caesar will meet, again at Phillipi. [Br. Lit.: Shakespeare Julius Caesar] after haunting an English house for three centuries, disappeared forever when new American owners refused to take him seriously. [Br. Lit.: Oscar Wilde “The Canterville Ghost”] meek little ghost who desires only to make friends. [Am. Comics: “Casper the Friendly Ghost” in Horn, 162] Webster defends his client before a jury of the ghosts of American villains. [Am. Lit.: Haydn & Fuller, 382] said to bring great acting success to those who see it. [Br. Folklore: Wallechinsky, 446] supposedly invaded the house of Rev. Samuel Wesley. [Am. Folklore: Wallechinsky, 446] ghost ship off Cape of Good Hope; sighting it forbodes disaster. [Folklore: Brewer Note-Book, 335] New England cottage haunted by the spirit of its 19th-century owner. [Am. TV: Terrace] merry Scottish ghost follows his castle when it is moved to America. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell] the itinerant peddler returns to the property where he was murdered. [Folklore: Wallechinsky, 446] the Scrooge’s first monitor; spirit presenting past. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] the Scrooge’s second monitor; spirit presenting present. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] Scrooge’s third monitor; spirit presenting future. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] the appears to the prince, states he was murdered by Claudius and demands revenge. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] spirit and step of Lady Morbury Dedlock. [Br. Lit.: Bleak House] ghostly bearer of evil tidings. [Br. Lit.: Waverley] phantom who scares Ichabod Crane out of his wits. [Am. Lit.: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories] formless spirit of learning. [Ger. Lit.: Faust]
ghosts who occupy Topper’s house. [TV: “Topper” in Terrace II, 381] months after her own death and the narrator’s remarriage, she materializes upon the death of his second wife. [Am. Lit.: Poe Ligeia] the friendly ghost who helps Ebenezer Scrooge become more benevolent. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] ghostly black spaniel that haunted Peel Castle. [Br. Folklore: Benét, 649] terrified by imagined ghosts at the medieval abbey where she is a guest. [Br. Lit.: Northanger Abbey in Benét, 720] ghost of a woman who died in childbirth. [Scot. Folklore: Briggs, 15–16] deformed man haunts opera house for vengeance. [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 562] mysterious, ghostlike foe of injustice in a mythical African-Asian country. [Am. Comics: Horn, 551] former lovers return to haunt house. [Am. Lit.: The Turn of the Screw] visited by the ghosts of all his victims. [Br. Lit.: Shakespeare Richard III] the ghosts of his ancestors confront the current baronet and change his life. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan Ruddigore] his spirit appears to Saul through the witch of Endor. [O.T.: I Samuel 28:24] ghost of baby murdered by his mother cannot rest because he is “nameless.” [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 363–364] house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718] ghost rumored to have appeared at various times in French history, such as before deaths of Henry IV and Napoleon. [Fr. History: Wallechinsky, 445] several people supposedly saw Abraham Lincoln’s ghost there. [Am. Folklore: Wallechinsky, 447] ghost seen in different castles and palaces belonging to Prussia’s royal family. [Prussian Folklore: Brewer Hand-book, 1207]
of Avenel “a tutelary spirit.” [Br. Lit.: The Monastery, Brewer Handbook, 1208] of Ireland the domestic spirit of a family; intimates approaching death with shrieks [Irish Folklore: Brewer Handbook, 1208] spectral hunter with dogs who frequents the Black Forest. [Ger. Folklore: Brewer Handbook, 1207]
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