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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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(Sprite,) Spreit, adj. [17th c. Eng. spright (1658).] Sprightly, lively, brisk. —c1590 Fowler I 325/4.
He was … Messt spreit in cariage, no girning in his face