inspirit
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour.
Example Sentences
- "Ah! must wee live, and see so sudden dead The Life that late our lives inspirited?"
- "And nothing could be better imagin’d than the reason, why the wounded Princes left their Tents; they were impatient to behold the Battel, anxious for its Success, and desirous to inspirit the Soldiers by their Presence."
- "It was a fine arrangement for Henry Crawford, who was close to Fanny, and with his hands full of business, having two persons['] cards to manage as well as his own—for though it was impossible for Fanny not to feel herself mistress of the rules of the game in three minutes, he had yet to inspirit her play, sharpen her avarice, and harden her heart, […]"
- "The landlord had been so much pleased with Mr. Jinks’ patriotic ardor in the German cause, that he generously hinted at an entire obliteration of any little score chalked up against the name of Jinks for board and lodging at the hostelry; this was one of the circumstances which inspirited Mr. Jinks."
- "The queer thought somehow inspirited him."
- "The "festival" […] this year has concerned itself largely with opera and dance, most of its pieces (perhaps in order to inspirit our AIDS-demoralized sexuality) inspired by the Don Juan motif."