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inspirit

American  
[in-spir-it] / ɪnˈspɪr ɪt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.


inspirit British  
/ ɪnˈspɪrɪt /

verb

  1. (tr) to fill with vigour; inspire

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of inspirit

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

Example Sentences

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In 18th century football matches, each team had its bag- piper who entered the field and played the pibroch during the game to inspirit the players.

From Time Magazine Archive

His second novel, Fragments, is set at a lower voltage than The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, his first novel about the failure of revolution to inspirit his fellow Ghanaians.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is fitting that Jackson should be the man to inspirit the black electorate.

From Time Magazine Archive

The problem, says Worsthorne, is that American troops�once necessary to inspirit the laggard South Vietnamese�have become dangerously demoralized.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why does dance music cheer us, and military music inspirit us, and sacred music make us solemn?

From Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Lee, Vernon