spirit
noun
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
has spirited
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present perfectof spirit (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Schmuli has spirited away their daughters; Esther has fled Brooklyn with their infant son, Abraham.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
It turns out that the sofa has spirited opinions on 19th-century British literature, while the lamp is a strident medievalist.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2020
In defiance of every rule in the KGB handbook, Karla has spirited his beloved daughter to a Swiss sanatorium under a false name, and Smiley has used this knowledge to blackmail him.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
As the wife, Niconora Andreyeva has spirited dramatic presence, but vocally she is insecure.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has spirited a baronetcy upon two, and bestowed a coronet upon one noble man of letters.
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
