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DISPIRIT
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
(verb) lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted; “These news depressed her”; “The bad state of her child’s health demoralizes her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
dispirit (third-person singular simple present dispirits, present participle dispiriting, simple past and past participle dispirited)
(transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*pir"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + spirit.]
1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.
2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.
Syn.
– To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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