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sprighted

sprighted is the simple past and past participle of spright.

Meaning of spright

Verb

spright (third-person singular simple present sprights, present participle sprighting, simple past and past participle sprighted)

  1. (obsolete) To haunt.
    • I am sprighted with a fool ;
      Frighted , and anger'd worse1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Questions about sprighted

What is sprighted the simple past and past participle of?
Sprighted is the simple past and past participle of spright.

Words near sprighted in the dictionary

  1. spriggite
  2. Spriggs
  3. Spriggses
  4. spriggy
  5. spright
  6. sprighted
  7. sprightful
  8. sprightfully
  9. sprightfulness
  10. sprighting
  11. sprightless

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