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1. Short for psychology or psychiatry.
2. Psychical research.
3. A psychologist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.
4. When used as a verb: To influence (someone) psychologically; to excite, stimulate; to prepare (oneself or another) mentally for a special effort or the like; to gain a psychological advantage over, to intimidate, to demoralize.
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(Greek: mind, spirit, consciousness; mental processes; the human soul; breath of life; literally, "that which breathes" or "breathing")