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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Enspire, v. [ME. enspire (a 1340), -spyr(e, OF. enspirer. Cf. Inspire v.] tr. To inspire. — 1375 Barb. iv. 678.
Bot gif that he enspirit [E. inspyrit] war Of him, that all thing euirmar Seis in his presciens a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 339.
I perambalit of Pernaso the montayn, Enspirit wyth Mercury fra his goldyn spere
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