spright

/spɹaɪt/

noun3

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(no longer used) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
- And forth he cald out of deepe darknes dredd / Legions of Sprights, the which like litle flyes / Fluttring about his euerdamned hedd, [...] — 1590
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(no longer used) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
- Well may I ween, your grief is wondrous great; / For wondrous great griefe groneth in my spright, / Whiles thus I heare you of your sorrowes treat. — 1590
(no longer used) A kind of short arrow.

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(no longer used) To haunt.
- I am sprighted with a fool ; Frighted , and anger'd worse — 1611

forms

sprighted · sprighting · sprights