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Spirited \Spir"it*ed\, a.
1. Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the
spirited, sly snake." --Milton.
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2. Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or
fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
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Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in
high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc.
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Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold;
courageous.
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{Spir"it*ed*ness}, n.
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Spirit \Spir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spirited}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Spiriting}.]
1. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to
inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition
of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
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Many officers and private men spirit up and assist
those obstinate people to continue in their
rebellion. --Swift.
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2. To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by
the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or
off.
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The ministry had him spirited away, and carried
abroad as a dangerous person. --Arbuthnot &
Pope.
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I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of
antiquity. --Willis.
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{Spiriting away} (Law), causing to leave; the offense of
inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade
process requiring attendance at trial.
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