(a) Character, nature, state, or condition; an inherent attribute; innere qualite, ?inner state; [quot.: Barth., last, may belong with sense 3.(a)]; outre qualite, outer state; qualite of the colour……

(a) Life, the principle of life; vital breath, a vital breath; also, the principle of animation, soul; also, a giver of life [quot. a1425(a1400)]; spirit of lif (quiknesse); (b) a living, rational……

(a) Physiol. & phil. Pertaining to the principle of life which animates living beings; vital sprit, spirit vital (b) physiol. of humoral spirits: producing life, quickening, vital; vital blod, blood……

(a) Proceeding from, subject to, or determined by the will; arising from willfulness, arbitrary; of the mind, heart, etc.: capable of unconstrained working, directed by volition; phil. not……

(a) One who acts, a doer; one who behaves in a particular way; the doer (of a deed); a perpetrator (of wickedness); a worker (of miracles) (b) one who acts in contrast to one who remains inactive, an……

(a) The doing of an act or action; acting (in a certain way), (one’s) behavior; also, that which one does or has done, (one’s) acts or doings; an act, a deed; werking togeder; a merveillous werking……