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Definition of Dispirit

1. Verb. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. "The performance is likely to dispirit Sue"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

Definition of Dispirit

1. v. t. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

Definition of Dispirit

1. Verb. Lower the morale of; make despondent; dishearten. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dispirit

1. to lower in spirit [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Dispirit

1. 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. "Not dispirited with my afflictions." (Dryden) "He has dispirited himself by a debauch." (Collier) 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. "This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar." (Fuller) Synonym: To dishearten, discourage, deject, damp, depress, cast down, intimidate, daunt, cow. Origin: Pref. Dis- + spirit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Dispirit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Whole Language by John Walker, John Longmuir (1902)
"Ta hyp To make melancholy; to dispirit, va Aar The name of a nver, s. Sar A bole; stop; crossbeam for security; place in a public house, &c.; ..."

2. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Cn»h, т. f. to bruise, dispirit Crush,-«, a violent collision. Curl' /id, v, t. to beat with a stick. [cudgel. Cruet, я. a hard covering. ..."

3. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1851)
"The fact of the corruption of our nature may dispirit, but not the ... Him, indeed, the doctrine may well alarm, but it need not dispirit; for he that seeks ..."

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