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Verb: dispirit  di'spi-rit
  1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
    "The news dispirited her";
    - depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]

Derived forms: dispirited, dispiriting, dispirits

Type of: discourage, frustrate