inspirit

[in-spir-it]

verb (used with object)

1. to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.

inspirit

/ ɪnˈspɪrɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to fill with vigour; inspire

Other Word Forms

• inspiritingly adverb
• inspiritment noun
• inspiriting adjective
• inspiriter noun
• uninspirited adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inspirit¹

First recorded in 1600–10; in- ² + spirit

Example Sentences

Breathing like a dragon and then opening his eyes, he could be inspirited clay, the first man.

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The inspiriting Air and Space Museum is a tourist favorite, but the U.S.

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“Uplifted by the titans of Mount Rushmore, we will find unity that no one expected,” he said, which is to say, inspirited by nationalist kitsch, we will whitewash history.

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On the contrary, it faces up to life’s less inspiriting realities and manages to invest them with the transcendence normally reserved for our generally scarce moments of rapture.

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He is blinded by comforting, inspiriting harmonies, a forceful but unseeing disturbance of the peace.

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