Inspirit

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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?"

  2. 2
    infuse with spirit wordnet
  3. 3
    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, diffusive, vital in all, inspiriting the Whole."

Etymology

From Middle English inspiriten, equivalent to in- + spirit.

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