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enspirit

enspirit is the alternative form of inspirit.

Meaning of inspirit

Verb

inspirit (third-person singular simple present inspirits, present participle inspiriting, simple past and past participle inspirited)

  1. To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour.
    • Ah! must wee live, and see so sudden dead
      The Life that late our lives inspirited?c. 1615, Pierre Matthieu, “The Tropheis of the Vertues and Fortune of Henrie the Great”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Works of Du Bartas, London, c., published 1641, page 548
  2. To fill or imbue with spirit.
    • […] the Assurance we have of the Existence of Beings above our Sense, and of Thee, (the great Exemplar of thy Works) comes from Thee, the All-True, and Perfect, who hast thus communicated thy-self more immediately to us, so as in some manner to inhabit within our Souls; Thou who art Original Soul...1709, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody”, in Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, volume II, London, published 1732, pages 369–370
    Synonyms:
    ensoul

Forms of enspirit

third-person singular presentenspirits
present participleenspiriting
past participleenspirited
pastenspirited

Questions about enspirit

What is enspirit the alternative form of?
Enspirit is the alternative form of inspirit.

Words near enspirit in the dictionary

  1. enspells
  2. ensphere
  3. ensphered
  4. enspheres
  5. ensphering
  6. enspirit
  7. enspirited
  8. enspiriting
  9. enspirits
  10. ENSs
  11. enstage

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