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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
spirited
    adj 1: displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness [ant:
           spiritless]
    2: marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes";
       "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" [syn:
       bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy]
    3: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
       gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky]
    4: made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a
       spirited debate" [syn: enlivened, spirited]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spirited \Spir"it*ed\, a.
   1. Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the
      spirited, sly snake." --Milton.
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   2. Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or
      fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
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   Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in
         high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc.
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   Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold;
        courageous.
        [1913 Webster] -- Spir"it*ed*ly, adv. --
        Spir"it*ed*ness, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spirit \Spir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spirited; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Spiriting.]
   1. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to
      inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition
      of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
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            Many officers and private men spirit up and assist
            those obstinate people to continue in their
            rebellion.                            --Swift.
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   2. To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by
      the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or
      off.
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            The ministry had him spirited away, and carried
            abroad as a dangerous person.         --Arbuthnot &
                                                  Pope.
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            I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of
            antiquity.                            --Willis.
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   Spiriting away (Law), causing to leave; the offense of
      inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade
      process requiring attendance at trial.
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Thesaurus Results for Spirited:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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