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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
inspire
v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate,
enliven, exalt]
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, inspire, instigate]
4: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The
crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer,
root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort,
pep up]
5: fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: revolutionize,
revolutionise, inspire]
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,
inspire, breathe in] [ant: breathe out, exhale,
expire]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Inspire \In*spire"\ ([i^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. t. [OE. enspiren, OF.
enspirer, inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref. in-
in + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
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1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath,
Inspir[`e]d hath in every holt and heath
The tender crops. --Chaucer.
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Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing,
The breathing instruments inspire. --Pope.
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2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
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He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into
him an active soul. --Wisdom xv.
11.
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3. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; --
opposed to expire.
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Forced to inspire and expire the air with
difficulty. --Harvey.
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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.
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And generous stout courage did inspire. --Spenser.
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But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. --Shak.
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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; to inspire a
person to do extraordinary feats.
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Erato, thy poet's mind inspire,
And fill his soul with thy celestial fire. --Dryden.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inspiring.]
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1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
opposed to expire.
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2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
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And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
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Thesaurus Results for inspire:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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