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Definition of Inspirits
1. inspirit [v] - See also: inspirit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspirits
| inspire inspired inspired gas inspiredly inspirer inspirers inspires inspirest inspireth inspiring | inspiringly inspirit inspirited inspiriting inspiritingly inspirits (current term) inspirometer inspirtory inst inst. |
Literary usage of Inspirits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"Gen. LACERTA. Subgen. LACERTA, prop. Cuv. 29. Lac ? (inspirits. ... (inspirits.)
32. Lac. arenicola, Cuv. ? (in spirits.) 33. Lac ? No. ..."
2. Transactions of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1850)
"We do not derive any very clear information from such statements as those of
Oken*, when he tells us that " the pollen electrifies, animates or inspirits ..."
3. Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1849)
"... strap-like, extending the whole length of the outer side of the nasal plate:
reddish, beneath white inspirits: back with narrow cross-bands: scales with ..."
4. Two Essays on Constitutional Reform by John Collins (1859)
"It is the question still that must be asked, to answer it at every stage of upward
progress in the working office. It inspirits him. ..."
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