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Definition: Spright

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.[Websters]
2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.[Websters]
3. A kind of short arrow.[Websters].
Verb 1. To haunt, as a spright.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: sprighting, sprighted, sprights, sprighter, sprighters, sprightingly and sprightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Spright" is a common misspelling or typo for: Speight, sprights.

Date "Spright" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Note: Spright \Spright\, noun. [See Sprite.]. (references)

Definition: Spright

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.[Websters]
2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.[Websters]
3. A kind of short arrow.[Websters].
Verb1. To haunt, as a spright.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: sprighting, sprighted, sprights, sprighter, sprighters, sprightingly and sprightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Spright" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Note: Spright \Spright\, noun. [See Sprite.]. (references)