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spright

noun
/spɹaɪt/

Etymology

Unetymological spelling of sprite. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, sprite, and esprit.

Definitions

  1. Spirit

    Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.

    • Well may I ween, your grief is wondrous great; / For wondrous great griefe groneth in my ſpright, / Whiles thus I heare you of your ſorrowes treat.
    • Who comming to that ſowle-diſeaſed knight, / Could hardly him intreat, to tell his grief: / Which knowne, and all that noyd his heauie ſpright, / Well ſearcht, eftſoones he gan apply relief.

  2. A supernatural being

    A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.

    • And forth he cald out of deepe darknes dredd / Legions of Sprights, the which like litle flyes / Fluttring about his euerdamned hedd, [...]
    • To thee, O Father, Sonne, and ſacred Spright. / One true, eternall, euerlaſting king, / To Chriſtes deere mother Marie virgin bright, / Pſalmes of thankeſgiuing and of praiſe they ſing, [...]

  3. A kind of short arrow.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To haunt.

      • I am sprighted with a fool ; Frighted , and anger'd worse

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA