Inspirit
v.hopeful, energeticliterary
What it means
To fill someone or something with courage, energy, or lively spirit.
Reach for it when choosing a rare literary verb for encouragement that restores animation
The first successful crossing helped inspirit the exhausted survey team.
Choose between these
5- everyday
support increases confidence to continue
not when Encouragement can work quietly without restoring lively energy.
- warm
hope returns because of reassuring evidence
not when Heartening is an adjective and requires the sentence to be recast.
- warm
admiration or meaning awakens purposeful action
not when Inspire can begin a new ambition instead of restoring depleted spirit.
- professional
fresh strength and energy are the main effect
not when Invigorate can be physical and need not lift morale.
- literary
visible life or energy enters a person or scene
not when Animate can mean physically move an image and says little about courage.
Said against
3- dishearten
- dispirit
- enervate
It naturally appears in
3- inspirit the team
A clear route through the final obstacle may inspirit the team.
- inspirit renewed effort
The recovered sketches helped inspirit renewed effort on the mural.
- seek to inspirit
The song seeks to inspirit listeners without denying their grief.
The word family
1Where this comes from
- Merriam-Webster, verb sense 1: to fill with spirit opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.