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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-spir-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɪr ɪt |
Definition of dispirit
Origin :- 1640s; see dis- + spirit (n.). Related: Dispirited; dispiriting.
- verb depress
- I asked you to help me, and you do nothing but dispirit me with these doubts.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- Everything to dispirit; but my invalids are really on the mend.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- It was tabu for a messenger to go direct to the army lest he should dispirit the troops.
- Extract from : « The Fijians » by Basil Thomson
- 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.
- Extract from : « English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century » by James Anthony Froude
- His unresponsive silence seemed to dispirit her, for her eager eyes fell dejectedly.
- Extract from : « Belford's Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889 » by Various
- His death was politically concealed, lest it should dispirit the Britons.
- Extract from : « Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards » by Evan Evans
- If we are determined to deny these people common justice, we dispirit them.
- Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- You did your best, though the time was not the best chosen; but all I wish to press upon you is, not to let this dispirit you.
- Extract from : « Richelieu, v. 3/3 » by G. P. R. James
- A few days' delay in such a situation would make nearly one half of an invading force ill and dispirit the other half.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation » by Charles Roger
- But not for long—Glory never allowed “making up” to dispirit her unduly.
- Extract from : « Glory and the Other Girl » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
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