Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dispirit

Dispirit , transitive verb

[Prefix dis- + spirit.]

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