Spright

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spright \Spright\, v. t.
     To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Spright \Spright\ (spr[imac]t), n. [See {Sprite}.]
     1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [Obs.] "The high
        heroic spright." --Spenser.
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              Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a
        ghost.
  
     Syn: sprite.
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                Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread,
                Legions of sprights.                --Spenser.
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                To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     3. A kind of short arrow. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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