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spirited Adjective 1. showing liveliness or courage: a spirited rendition of Schubert's ninth symphony, a spirited defence of the government's policy 2. characterized by the mood as specified: high-spirited, mean-spirited
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'Tell the Pirate your master,' replied the spirited Englishwoman, pointing to the staff, 'that if he wishes to strike these colours, he must come and perform the act himself; I will suffer no one else to do it. Sir Edward was surprised; he had perhaps little expected to meet with so spirited an opposition to his will. Spirited horses, when not enough exercised, are often called skittish, when it is only play; and some grooms will punish them, but our John did not; he knew it was only high spirits. |
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