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| 1. | an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration. |
| 2. | something inspired, as an idea. |
| 3. | a result of inspired activity. |
| 4. | a thing or person that inspires. |
| 5. | Theology.
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| 6. | the drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation. |
| 7. | the act of inspiring; quality or state of being inspired. |
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
inspiration
c.1303, "immediate influence of God or a god," especially that under which the holy books were written, from O.Fr. inspiration, from L.L. inspirationem (nom. inspiratio), from L. inspiratus, pp. of inspirare "inspire, inflame, blow into," from in-"in" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Inspire in this sense is c.1340, from O.Fr. enspirer, from L. inspirare, a loan-transl. of Gk. pnein in the Bible. General sense of "influence or animate with an idea or purpose" is from 1390. Inspirational is 1839 as "influenced by inspiration;" 1884 as "tending to inspire."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| inspiration | |
noun | |
| 1. | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity |
| 2. | a product of your creative thinking and work; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality" |
| 3. | a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem |
| 4. | (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance" [syn: divine guidance] |
| 5. | arousing to a particular emotion or action |
| 6. | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
| inspiration
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See inhalation. |
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inspiration
Ex`pi*ra"tion\, n. [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F. expiration. See Expire.]1. The act of expiring; as: (a) (Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration. (b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth. --Bacon. (c) The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." --Rambler. (d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end. Before the expiration of thy time. --Shak. 2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound. The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration. --G. Sharp.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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