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单词 spiriting
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spiritingn.

Brit. /ˈspɪrᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈspɪrᵻdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spirit n., spirit v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < spirit n. + -ing suffix1, and partly < spirit v. + -ing suffix1.With sense 3 compare earlier spriting n.
1.
a. The action or fact of being instilled with a spirit or animating principle, esp. the spirit of God. Also: the action of imbuing someone with a particular quality. Cf. spirit v. 3. Now rare.
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1642 J. Caryl Wks. of Ephesus Explained sig. A3v The spiriting of them with Sincerity, and the crowning of them with Constancy.
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus viii. 121 These Maxims are..the depths, and restorative quintessences of Law; that from whence all inferiour things have their invigoration and spiriting.
a1821 J. Keats Spenser in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) I. 11 It is impossible to 'scape from toil O' the sudden, and receive thy spiriting: The flower must drink the nature of the soil Before it can put forth its blossoming.
1989 P. Sanchez World we Celebrate 313/2 Just as Jesus' birth was..a manifestation of God's glory, so too was the spiriting of the believers in the risen Lord... Just as Jesus was filled by the Spirit and empowered for his ministry of healing and service, so too would be his disciples.
b. The action or fact of inspiring, encouraging, rousing, or emboldening someone or something. Also with up. Cf. spirit v. 1a, 3b. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [noun] > imparting of
inspiringa1340
animation1612
inspirement1616
spiriting1661
visitation1791
1661 J. Fell Life T. Fuller 30 An importunate spiriting of the Defendants in their Sallies.
1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 613 Some promises both of Spiriting for the duty, and of Countenancing it, when undertaken.
1761 Hist. Proc. Case Margaret x. 105 She now needed some encouragement and spiriting up, to be able to defend her own.
1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 5 Mar. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 37 We turn to you..for comfort and gentle spiriting.
2. The abduction of a person; the quick or covert removal of a person or thing. Frequently with away. Cf. spirit v. 5.
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1659 M. Rivers Englands Slavery 16 They should petition to the Parliament..that there may an Act passe to secure them..from this violent spiriting.
1700 R. W. Let. to Member of Parl. conc. Growth of Popery 3 The late Spiriting away of the poor Spanish and Portuguese Converts tells you very plainly, what they dare do now.
1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 139/1 The party who had given offence..was..laid hold of by persons in masks, who..conveyed him to the remotest provinces of Russia. There were several of these seisures attended with spiriting away in that manner.
1854 in Trans. Ossianic Soc. 2 86 There are innumerable strange stories told of the spiriting of children and nurses.
1906 Amer. Art News 27 Oct. The spiriting away of the famous ‘Duchess of Devonshire’ painting.
2017 William & Mary Q. 74 438 The word ‘kidnap’ entered the English language at this time to describe the child victims of spiriting.
3. The action of engaging in behaviour typical of or appropriate to a spirit; behaviour of this sort. Also figurative. Cf. spriting n. Obsolete.In later use chiefly in echoes of the passage from Shakespeare cited at quot. 1768.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > action of
spiriting1768
1768 Shakespeare's Tempest i. ii. 16 in E. Capell Shakespeare his Comedies, Hist. & Trag. I I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting [earlier eds. spryting] gently.
1841 T. Moore Lalla Rookh Pref., in Poet. Wks. VI. p. xvii Quick as Fancy required the aid of fact, in her spiritings.
1880 R. Browning Dramatic Idyls 2nd Ser. 120 As I am free to do my spiriting.
1916 B. F.-R. Hale Nest-builder iv. 198 Djinns, Afrits and Goddesses should be allowed to perform their spiritings unseen of mortals.
4.
a. The treatment of silk and other fabric with a dilute solution of sulphuric acid in order to clean it prior to dyeing; (also) the solution used for this. Cf. spirit v. 7a. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes > substances for
solace1552
spiriting1854
1854 T. Love Art of Cleaning, Dyeing, Scouring, & Finishing 53 Now sort the silks for spiriting, taking the darkest first.
1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 146 When it [sc. a curtain] has been well worked in this [soap liquor], handle it directly out of the soap into the spiriting.
b. The application of alcohol to a surface or material, esp. as a finishing process in French polishing. Frequently with off. Cf. spirit v. 7b.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > [noun] > process in French-polishing
spiriting1877
1877 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 7 Sept. 644/1 Now comes the tug of war, known as ‘spiriting off’. Great care must be used here, or the work will be dull instead of bright.
1960 C. H. Hayward Staining & Polishing ix. 55 Purpose of spiriting. The idea of this process is gradually to burnish the surface of semi-soft shellac.
2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) xiv. 23/2 Refined methylated spirit..used with French polish flakes when making one's own polish and when spiriting off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spiritingadj.

Brit. /ˈspɪrᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈspɪrᵻdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spirit v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < spirit v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier dispiriting adj.
rare before 21st cent.
That instils spirit; inspirational, inspiring, heartening. Cf. dispiriting adj.
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the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [adjective]
heartwarming1603
heartening1606
encouraging1663
spiriting1671
inspiriting1796
enheartening1836
assuring1866
upbuilding1898
morale-boosting1960
the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspiring
actuating1631
spiriting1671
inspiring1716
inspirative1797
inspirating1809
inspirational1884
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness
comfortative1377
comfortive1377
cheerfula1440
comfortablec1460
cheering1549
sunny1565
sunshine1594
heartsome1596
sprightly1598
livening1605
brightening1642
exhilarating1644
encheering1652
cheery1655
spiriting1671
sunshiny1686
riant1720
sonsy1721
genial1747
cheerfulizing1840
cheer-up1846
enlivening1862
exhilarative1864
exhilarant1866
exhilaratory1871
heartening1895
1671 W. Sclater Royal-pay, & Pay-master 29 Let me dismiss you with those Spiriting words of Seneca in his Chorus to Hercules Oetæus.
1857 G. Meredith Farina 240 The Goshawk was Farina's bridesman, and a very spiriting bridesman was he!
2018 Mandurah (Austral.) Mail (Nexis) 30 Aug. 65 Falcons coach Paul Pannell said it was a spiriting win for the club in front of a home crowd that featured South Mandurah's 1998 and 2008 premiership heroes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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