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spiriten en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English -en English spiriten From spirit + -en.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, dialectal) To endue, enliven, or raise the spirit of; liven.
    • Some traders would give 'em shots, feed 'em dynamite, make these old dead horses spiriten up. Take a piece of a stick of dynamite and mash it up in their feed. They say it'll spiriten 'em up. I've tried it, but I didn't think it done much good. 2011, Foxfire Fund, Inc., Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire 4

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spiritens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
spiritening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spiritened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spiritened Tense=Past lexicographic