meaning of wraith
1. 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.
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith.
3. a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his
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