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† ˈsprited, a. Obs.
[f. sprite n.]
1. = sprighted a.
1535Coverdale Ps. xxxvi. 11 The meke spreted shal possesse the earth. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 115 b, The whol body..large, hie, liuely sprited, and well trussed. 1607T. Campion Maske B 4 b, Mild sprited Zephyrus haile.
2. Having the form of a sprite.
a1586Sidney Astroph. & Stella (1598) xcvi, In night, of sprites the gastly powers to stur; In thee, or sprites or sprited gastlinesse. |