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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 spiritplay

  Familiarity information: SPIRIT UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIRIT UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Infuse with spirit

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

inspirit; spirit; spirit up

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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