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Definition of Spired
1. a. Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.
Definition of Spired
1. Adjective. having a spire ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spired
1. spire [v] - See also: spire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spired
Literary usage of Spired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"spired with terror, and all with the loss of one Christian, who was killed by
the bursting of his own gun. Such acts reveal the darker side of mission ..."
2. The Grecian History from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"... for the slaves who had been enrolled into their troops upon that urgent occasion.
spired them with a wish of not degenerating from the Grecian glory. ..."
3. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1826)
"... spired them with a wish of not degenerating from the Grecian 88. Those Athenians
that were slam m battle, had all lh<* honour immediately paid them that ..."
4. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1828)
"... spired them with a wish of not degenerating from the Grecian 88. Those Athenians
that were slam m battle, had all rhf honour immediately paid them that ..."
5. Coryat's Crudities: Hastily Gobled Up in Five Moneths Travells in France by Thomas Coryate, George Coryate (1905)
"... pbt- spired together to blow up the Palace with gun-powder, Gunpowder prisoners
being largely hired by the King of Spaine ..."
6. Biographical Notices of Distinguished Men in New England: Statesmen by Alden Bradford (1842)
"... spired writings. But he was candid and charitable towards those who differed
from him. EDWARDS, REv. JONATHAN was several years the pastor and teacher ..."
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