Dispirit /(?)/

Dis·pir·it

Dispirit

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting

  1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
    Not dispirited with my afflictions.
    He has dispirited himself by a debauch.
    — Collier.
  2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]
    This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar.