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inspirit

[ in-spir-it ]

/ ɪnˈspɪr ɪt /

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verb (used with object)

to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.

Also enspirit.

Origin of inspirit

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

OTHER WORDS FROM inspirit

in·spir·it·er, noun in·spir·it·ing·ly, adverb in·spir·it·ment, noun un·in·spir·it·ed, adjective

Words nearby inspirit

inspiratory reserve volume, inspiratory stridor, inspire, inspired, inspired gas, inspirit, inspissate, inspo, inst., insta-, instability

Example sentences from the Web for inspiriting

Yet a four-mile gallop across one 213 part of it was most inspiriting.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) |Isabella L. Bird
Never before had I realised the inspiriting thing that martial music might be.

East of Paris |Matilda Betham-Edwards
A fresh and joyous and inspiriting wind blows from these pages.

Musical Portraits |Paul Rosenfeld
Girls never looked so beautiful to his susceptible heart as when they were whirling past him to the inspiriting dance music.

The Wayfarers |Mary Stewart Cutting

Nico was present on one of these occasions, and declares that he had never witnessed such an inspiriting scene.

Norway |Beatrix Jungman

British Dictionary definitions for inspiriting

inspirit

/ (ɪnˈspɪrɪt) /

verb

(tr) to fill with vigour; inspire

Derived forms of inspirit

inspiriter, noun inspiriting, adjective inspiritingly, adverb inspiritment, noun