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Word Meanings - DISPIRIT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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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. Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

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  • PREVENTATIVE
    That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
  • DISPIRITED
    Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
  • HARASS
    To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
  • DISHEARTENMENT
    Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
  • BLUNTISH
    Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
  • EXHAUSTION
    An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
  • PREVENTABLE
    Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
  • PREVENTINGLY
    So as to prevent or hinder.
  • DISCOURAGEMENT
    1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent;
  • PREVENT
    1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
  • EXHAUSTIVE
    Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
  • HINDEREST
    Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer.
  • BLUNTLY
    In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.
  • REFRESHMENT
    1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation;
  • EXHAUSTURE
    Exhaustion. Wraxall.
  • ANIMATER
    One who animates. De Quincey.
  • PREVENTABILITY
    The quality or state of being preventable.
  • SCARECROW
    The black tern. (more info) 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. Dryden. 2. A person clad in rags and tatters. No eye hath seen such
  • HINDERMOST; HINDMOST
    Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. (more info) superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See
  • DETERRATION
    The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.
  • IMPREVENTABLE
    Not preventable; invitable.
  • OVERFATIGUE
    Excessive fatigue.
  • IMPREVENTABILITY
    The state or quality of being impreventable.
  • UNWEARY
    To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. Dryden.
  • INDETERMINABLE
    Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
  • SELF-DETERMINATION
    Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
  • UNEXHAUSTIBLE
    Inexhaustible.
  • INEXHAUSTED
    Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.
  • UNDETERMINABLE
    Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.
  • PREDETERMINATION
    The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
  • PREINDISPOSE
    To render indisposed beforehand. Milman.

 

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