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Webster 1913 Edition

Spright

Spright

(sprīt)
,
Noun.
[See
Sprite
.]
1.
Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
[Obs.]
“The high heroic spright.”
Spenser.
Wondrous great grief groweth in my
spright
.
Spenser.
2.
A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.

Syn. – sprite.
Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,
Legions of
sprights
.
Spenser.
To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred
Spright
.
Fairfax.
3.
A kind of short arrow.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Spright

,
Verb.
T.
To haunt, as a spright.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spright

SPRIGHT

, SPRITE,
Noun.
[G., spirit. It should be written sprite.]
1.
A spirit; a shade; a soul; an incorporeal agent.
Forth he calld, out of deep darkness dread, legions of sprights.
And gaping graves receivd the guilty spright.
2.
A walking spirit; an apparition.
3.
Power which gives cheerfulness or courage.
Hold thou my heart, establish thou mu sprights. [Not in use.]
4.
An arrow. [Not in use.]

SPRIGHT

,
Verb.
T.
To haunt, as a spright. [ Not used.]

Definition 2024

spright

spright

English

Noun

spright ‎(plural sprights)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sprite
  2. (obsolete) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
    • Spenser
      the high heroic spright
    • Spenser
      Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright.
  3. (obsolete) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
    • Spenser
      Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, / Legions of sprights.
    • Fairfax
      To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright.
  4. (obsolete) A kind of short arrow.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Verb

spright ‎(third-person singular simple present sprights, present participle sprighting, simple past and past participle sprighted)

  1. (obsolete) To haunt.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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