| 单词 | to take spirit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take spirit P5. to take spirit: to summon up courage; to derive encouragement or comfort from something; = to take heart at heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 3k(a). Cf. sense 6a. rare. ΚΠ c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 57 So at þe laste he tuke his spiritt vnto hym. 1643 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. vi. 134 They have of late taken spirit, and begun to speak big words. 1811 Lady's Monthly Museum Sept. 171 He encouraged me to take spirit, and convinced me, by his arguments, that adversity was indeed the best school of philosophy. 2017 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 12 Sept. 2 The enslaved African Americans..took spirit in the music's uplifting messages of freedom and togetherness. < as lemmas |
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