inspirit
Collocations
2ADJ.
desirous
INSPIRIT + NOUN
soldiers
Definitions
verb
To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour.
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.
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.
Human beings, even fully mature adults, are neither detached rationalities nor mere collections of responses to environmental stimuli. They are inspirited, thinking bodies, and it is their bodies that launch the development of selves through a multitude of complex encounters.
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verb — infuse with spirit
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3Ah! must wee live, and see so sudden dead The Life that late our lives inspirited?
WiktionaryAnd 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
WiktionaryIt 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 Fan
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