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verb

Spirit v. t. (past & past part. spirited; pres. part. spiriting)

1.

To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; sometimes followed by up. "Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion."

2.

To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; often with away, or off. "The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person." "I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity."

Spiriting away (Law), causing to leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade process requiring attendance at trial.

adjective

Spirited adj.

1.

Animated or possessed by a spirit. (Obs.) "So talked the spirited, sly snake."

2.

Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer. Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc.

Synonyms: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold; courageous.

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"Spirited" Quotes from Famous Books

... felt that in Capitola she had found a frank, spirited, faithful neighbor who might ...

— Capitola's Peril - A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand' • Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth

... accident," observed Oroboni, "we should be restored to society, should we be so mean-spirited as to shrink from confessing our faith in the Gospel? Should we stand firm if accused of having changed our sentiments ...

— My Ten Years' Imprisonment • Silvio Pellico

... themselves extremely troublesome by uttering their shrill cry and thus warning their feathered companions of the approach of danger. From this habit they have received the name of "tell-tales." Dr. Livingstone said of the African species: "A most plaguey sort of public spirited individual follows you everywhere, flying overhead, and is most persevering in his attempts to give fair warning to all animals within hearing to flee from the approach ...

— Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography [July 1897] - A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life • Various

... The men of old had this heavenly tree, yet they did not pluck from it any worthy fruit. They were mean-spirited. They simply begged it for some kind of wealth. And so they degraded themselves and the great tree too. But I will get from it the wish which is ...

— Twenty-two Goblins • Unknown

... and, thank be to God, well pacified; and you are again her Sweet Robyn.' He cannot have esteemed Leicester. A stinging epitaph, attributed to him with the usual scarcity of evidence, may express his real view of the poor-spirited soldier, the deceitful courtier, the statesman and noble 'that all the world did hate.' But he was no backbiter. Elizabeth vouched for his claim to Leicester's friendliness. She bade Walsingham declare to Leicester, upon her ...

— Sir Walter Ralegh - A Biography • William Stebbing

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