inspirit
in·spi·ritverb
inspirit is a verb meaning “To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-S-P-I-R-I-T and has 3 syllables (in·spi·rit), and it appears about once in every 39 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does inspirit mean?
verb
- 1
To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour.
And nothing could be better imagin’d than the reason, why the wounded Princes left their Tents; they were impatient to behold the Battel, anxious for its Success, and desirous to inspirit the Soldiers by their Presence.
- 2
To fill or imbue with spirit.
Human beings, even fully mature adults, are neither detached rationalities nor mere collections of responses to environmental stimuli. They are inspirited, thinking bodies, and it is their bodies that launch the development of selves throug
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce inspirit?
Inspirit has 3 syllables, split in·spi·rit in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of inspirit
- inspirits present, singular, he/she/it
- inspiriting participle, present
- inspirited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is inspirit?
Inspirit appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does inspirit come from?
From Middle English inspiriten, equivalent to in- + spirit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).