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in·spire    Audio Help   [in-spahyuhr] Pronunciation Key verb, -spired, -spir·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
2.to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others.
3.to fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.: to inspire a person with distrust.
4.to influence or impel: Competition inspired her to greater efforts.
5.to animate, as an influence, feeling, thought, or the like, does: They were inspired by a belief in a better future.
6.to communicate or suggest by a divine or supernatural influence: writings inspired by God.
7.to guide or control by divine influence.
8.to prompt or instigate (utterances, acts, etc.) by influence, without avowal of responsibility.
9.to give rise to, bring about, cause, etc.: a philosophy that inspired a revolution.
10.to take (air, gases, etc.) into the lungs in breathing; inhale.
11.Archaic.
a.to infuse (breath, life, etc.) by breathing (usually fol. by into).
b.to breathe into or upon.
–verb (used without object)
12.to give inspiration.
13.to inhale.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME inspiren < L inspīrāre to breathe upon or into, equiv. to in- in-2 + spīrāre to breathe]

in·spir·a·tive    Audio Help   [in-spahyuhr-uh-tiv, in-spi-rey-tiv] Pronunciation Key, adjective
in·spir·er, noun
in·spir·ing·ly, adverb
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in·spire    Audio Help   (ĭn-spīr')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   in·spired, in·spir·ing, in·spires

v.   tr.
  1. To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
  2. To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion: hymns that inspire the congregation; an artist who was inspired by Impressionism.
    1. To stimulate to action; motivate: a sales force that was inspired by the prospect of a bonus.
    2. To affect or touch: The falling leaves inspired her with sadness.
    3. To breathe on.
    4. To breathe life into.
  3. To draw forth; elicit or arouse: a teacher who inspired admiration and respect.
  4. To be the cause or source of; bring about: an invention that inspired many imitations.
  5. To draw in (air) by inhaling.
  6. Archaic
    1. To breathe on.
    2. To breathe life into.

v.   intr.
  1. To stimulate energies, ideals, or reverence: a leader who inspires by example.
  2. To inhale.


[Middle English enspiren, from Old French enspirer, from Latin īnspīrāre : in-, into; see in-2 + spīrāre, to breathe.]

in·spir'er n.
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inspire

verb
1. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" 
2. supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work" 
3. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives" [syn: prompt
4. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer
5. fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: revolutionize
6. draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" [syn: inhale] [ant: breathe out

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inspire1 [inˈspaiə] verb
to encourage by filling with eg confidence, enthusiasm etc
Example: The players were inspired by the loyalty of their supporters and played better football than ever before.
Arabic: يُعْطي الثِّقَه، يُشَجِّع
Chinese (Simplified): 鼓舞
Chinese (Traditional): 鼓舞
Czech: povzbudit
Danish: inspirere; tilskynde
Dutch: inspireren
Estonian: innustama
Finnish: innostaa
French: stimuler
German: anfeuern
Greek: ενθαρρύνω, εμψυχώνω
Hungarian: lelkesít
Icelandic: hrífa; fylla hugmóði
Indonesian: memberi dorongan
Italian: ispirare
Japanese: 奮起させる
Korean: 격려하다
Latvian: iedvesmot
Lithuanian: įkvėpti
Norwegian: inspirere
Polish: natchnąć
Portuguese (Brazil): inspirar
Portuguese (Portugal): inspirar
Romanian: a sti­mula
Russian: вдохновлять
Slovak: povzbudiť
Slovenian: vzpodbujati
Spanish: animar, estimular
Swedish: inspirera
Turkish: ilham etmek, *vermek
inspire2 [inˈspaiə] verb
to be the origin or source of a poetic or artistic idea
Example: An incident in his childhood inspired the poem.
Arabic: يُلْهِم، يوحي
Chinese (Simplified): 赋予灵感
Chinese (Traditional): 賦予靈感
Czech: inspirovat
Danish: inspirere
Dutch: inspireren
Estonian: inspireerima
Finnish: inspiroida
French: inspirer
German: anregen
Greek: εμπνέω
Hungarian: (meg)ihlet
Icelandic: vera kveikjan að
Indonesian: mengilhami
Italian: ispirare
Japanese: 触発する
Korean: 영감을 주다
Latvian: iedvesmot; iedvest
Lithuanian: įkvėpti
Norwegian: inspirere
Polish: stanowić inspirację
Portuguese (Brazil): inspirar
Portuguese (Portugal): inspirar
Romanian: a inspira
Russian: вдохновлять
Slovak: inšpirovať
Slovenian: navdihniti
Spanish: inspirar
Swedish: inspirera
Turkish: ilham kaynağı olmak
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in·spire (n-spr)
v. in·spired, in·spir·ing, in·spires

To draw in breath; to inhale.

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Main Entry: in·spire
Pronunciation: in-'spI(&)r
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: in·spired; in·spir·ing
transitive senses
: to draw in by breathing : breathe in : INHALE <the baby will inspire the mucus down into its lungs —Fire Manual (Massachusetts)> inspire intransitive senses
: to draw in breath : inhale air into the lungs

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Inspire

In`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.]

1. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.

2. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.

Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations. --Shak.

3. (Theol.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. --2 Tim. iii. 16.

The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses. --Sharp.

Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message.

Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message.
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Inspire

In*spire"\, v. t. [OE. enspiren, OF. enspirer, inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref. in- in + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]

1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath, Inspir[`e]d hath in every holt and health The tender crops. --Chaucer.

Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, The breathing instruments inspire. --Pope.

2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul. --Wisdom xv. 11.

3. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.

Forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty. --Harvey.

4. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

And generous stout courage did inspire. --Spenser.

But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. --Shak.

5. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.

Erato, thy poet's mind inspire, And fill his soul with thy celestial fire. --Dryden.
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Inspire

In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspiring.]

1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.

2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]

And when the wind amongst them did inspire, They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
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