Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPIR'IT-ED
SPIR'IT-ED, pp.
- Animated; encouraged; incited.
- 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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