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verbDefinition of SPIRIT
transitive verb
1
: to infuse with spirit; especially : animate <hope and apprehension of feasibleness spirits all industry — John Goodman>
2
: to carry off usually secretly or mysteriously <was hustled into a … motorcar and spirited off to the country — W. L. Shirer>
See Examples of SPIRIT
- The singer was spirited away in a limousine after the show.
- Some of the funds had been spirited away to other accounts.
First Known Use of SPIRIT
1608
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