Definition for SPIR'IT-ED

SPIR'IT-ED, pp.

  1. Animated; encouraged; incited.
  2. adj. Animated; full of life; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited address or oration; a spirited answer. It is used in composition, noting the state of the mind; as, in high spirited low-spirited, mean-spirited.

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