inspire
verb
inspired;
inspiring
Definition of inspire
1a
: to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration
b
: to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on
was particularly inspired by the Romanticists
d
: affect
seeing the old room again inspired him with nostalgia
2a
archaic
: to breathe or blow into or upon
b
archaic
: to infuse (something, such as life) by breathing
… inspired into him an active soul …— Wisdom of Solomon 15:11
3a
: to communicate to an agent supernaturally
b
: to draw forth or bring out
thoughts inspired by a visit to the cathedral
4
: inhale sense 1
5a
: bring about, occasion
the book was inspired by his travels in the Far East
b
: incite
6
: to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another
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