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Dispirit v. t. (past & past part. dispirited; pres. part. dispiriting)

To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. "Not dispirited with my afflictions." "He has dispirited himself by a debauch."

To distill or infuse the spirit of. (Obs. or R.) "This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar."

Synonyms: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

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Etymology of 'Dispirit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dispirit" Quotes from Famous Books

... call Mr. Fletcher to account. It was no business of the chaplain to discourage and dispirit men in a moment of danger, and a court was formed to sit upon him. An English captain on his own deck represents the sovereign, and is head of Church as well as State. Mr. Fletcher was brought to the forecastle, where Drake, sitting on a sea-chest with ...

— English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century - Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 • James Anthony Froude

... pickets, advance guards, and all the harrassing fatigues incident to moving through an enemy's country had to be borne. This to a considerable extent wearied the European soldiery, though it could not dispirit or discourage them, and again they were suddenly attacked ere they were well prepared to do battled. Yet they pressed on to a scene which was to terminate in so bloody a conflict. But the second day told a very different tale; whatever advantage had been gained, during the early stage ...

— Vellenaux - A Novel • Edmund William Forrest

Words linked to "Dispirit" : depress, get down, dismay, demoralize, cast down, deject, elate