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noun

Spright n.

Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. (Obs.) "The high heroic spright." "Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright."

A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.

Synonyms: sprite. "Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, Legions of sprights." "To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright."

A kind of short arrow. (Obs.)

verb

Spright v. t. To haunt, as a spright. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Spright'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spright" Quotes from Famous Books

... of life; this spright, By momentary Human sought, Plume will his wing in the dappling light, Clash timbrel shrill and gay— And into time's enormous nought, Sweet-fed, ...

— Georgian Poetry 1920-22 • Various

... faire and fresh as morning rose, But somewhat sad and solemne eke in sight, As if some pensive thought constrained her gentle spright.' ...

— Penshurst Castle - In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney • Emma Marshall

... Are so exceeding spacious and wyde, And sprinckled with such sweet variety Of all that pleasant is to eare or eye, That I, nigh ravisht with rare thoughts' delight, My tedious travele doe forget thereby; And when I gin to feele decay of might, It strength to me supplies, and chears my dulled spright. ...

— Lore of Proserpine • Maurice Hewlett

... true that our immortal spright, Derived from heavenly pure, in wand'ring still, In novelty and strangeness doth delight, And by discoverent power discerneth ill; And if the body for to work his best Doth with the seasons change ...

— Rosalynde - or, Euphues' Golden Legacy • Thomas Lodge

... clambred in my mind But nought so great as love I find: Deep-searching wit, mount-moving might, Are nought compar'd to that great spright. Life of Delight and soul of blisse! Sure source of lasting happinesse! Higher than Heaven! lower than hell! What is thy tent? Where maist thou dwell? My mansion highs humilitie, Heaven's vastest capabilitie The further it doth downward tend The higher up it doth ascend; ...

— Bygone Beliefs • H. Stanley Redgrove