inspirit
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- inspiriter noun
- inspiriting adjective
- inspiritingly adverb
- inspiritment noun
- uninspirited adjective
Etymology
Origin of inspirit
Example Sentences
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The problem, says Worsthorne, is that American troops�once necessary to inspirit the laggard South Vietnamese�have become dangerously demoralized.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 18th century football matches, each team had its bag- piper who entered the field and played the pibroch during the game to inspirit the players.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet the grind seems to inspirit young performers.
From Time Magazine Archive
His second novel, Fragments, is set at a lower voltage than The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, his first novel about the failure of revolution to inspirit his fellow Ghanaians.
From Time Magazine Archive
His orders were to skirr the mountain country between the Catawba and the Yadkin, harass the whigs, inspirit the tories, and embody the militia under the royal banner.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
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