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1
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
- the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden
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2
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
- told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships
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“Sprite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprite. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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