Inspirit
[in'spirit]
Definition
(v. t.) To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
Checker: Osbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Animate, enliven, encourage, cheer, comfort, stimulate, incite, quicken, rouse, arouse, fire.
Typed by Chauncey
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENCOURAGE]
Typist: Trevor
Definition
v.t. to infuse spirit into.
Typed by Gladys
Examples
- Now that's delightful, that's inspiriting, that's full of poetry! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If I looked as gravely at him as Traddles did, he must have found our company by no means inspiriting. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The sun is bright, the winds are inspiriting,—I draw delight from mountain and plain,—so why should I trouble myself about what I know nothing? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Inspirited by this wind of promise, my day dreams become more fervent and vivid. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Inspirited hereby, Mr Wegg extended his right hand, and declared it to be a hand which never yet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sometimes, when nature, overcome by hunger, sunk under the exhaustion, a repast was prepared for me in the desert, that restored and inspirited me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Sadie