Inspire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
  • v. To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion: hymns that inspire the congregation; an artist who was inspired by Impressionism.
  • v. To stimulate to action; motivate: a sales force that was inspired by the prospect of a bonus.
  • v. To affect or touch: The falling leaves inspired her with sadness.
  • v. To draw forth; elicit or arouse: a teacher who inspired admiration and respect.
  • v. To be the cause or source of; bring about: an invention that inspired many imitations.
  • v. To draw in (air) by inhaling.
  • v. Archaic To breathe on.
  • v. Archaic To breathe life into.
  • verb-intransitive. To stimulate energies, ideals, or reverence: a leader who inspires by example.
  • verb-intransitive. To inhale.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. 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.
  • v. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
  • v. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
  • v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  • v. (transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
  • v. To spread rumour indirectly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
  • v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  • v. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
  • verb-intransitive. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.
  • verb-intransitive. To breathe; to blow gently.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe in; draw into the lungs; inhale: as, to inspire pure air: opposed to expire.
  • To breathe into; infuse by or as if by breathing.
  • Hence To actuate or influence; animate; affect, rouse, or control by an infused, animating, or exalting influence.
  • Specifically To guide or control by divine influence; instruct or infuse with spiritual or divine knowledge.
  • To inhale air; draw air into the lungs: opposed to expire.
  • To blow; blow in.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. supply the inspiration for
  • v. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  • v. draw in (air)
  • v. heighten or intensify
  • v. fill with revolutionary ideas
  • v. serve as the inciting cause of
  • Antonym
    expire   
    Verb Form
    inspired    inspires    inspiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    occasion    indoctrinate    cause    get    have    induce    stimulate    make   
    Cross Reference
    inhale    excite    suggest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    animate    inhale    breathe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gire    Gyr    Tyre    admire    afire    aspire    dire    expire    fire    gire   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    excite    please    sublime    compel    creative    helpful    manly    joyous    unselfish    vital