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SPIRIT UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spirit up mean?
• SPIRIT UP (verb)
The verb SPIRIT UP has 1 sense:
1. infuse with spirit
Familiarity information: SPIRIT UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infuse with spirit
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
The company spirited him up
Hypernyms (to "spirit up" is one way to...):
animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up (make lively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Context examples
Well, I shall spirit up the Colonel as soon as I can.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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