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† esprite Obs. [a. Fr. esprit: see prec. Cf. esperite, sprite.] Mind, spirit. Hence esprited a. [-ed2], in dull-esprited = dull-spirited.
1591F. Sparry tr. Cattan's Geomancie (1599) 229 A man diligent and of a vigilant esprite. Ibid. 107 The partie is dull esprited, and hath but small vnderstanding. Ibid. 149 The good esprites vnto whome this my Booke may come. |