spright

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.

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

1. (obsolete) To haunt.

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