INSPIRATION
\ˌɪnspəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɪnspəɹˈeɪʃən], \ˌɪ_n_s_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INSPIRATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
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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"
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(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"
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a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
By Princeton University
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the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
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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"
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(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"
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a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of drawing air into the lungs; the influence which causes creation in art, literature, music, etc.; influence gained from association with great minds, scenery, etc.; the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit on sacred writers and teachers.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of inspiring or breathing into: a breath: the divine influence by which the sacred writers were instructed: superior elevating or exciting influence.
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INSPIRER.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The action by which the air penetrates into the interior of the lungs. A movement opposed to that of expiration. As regards the average quantity of air received into the lungs at each inspiration, there is much discrepancy amongst observers.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Act of drawing air into the lungs; inhalation;— act of breathing into; infusion ;—communication of ideas or poetical conceptions from a supernatural source ; afflatus; —hence, lofty tone of thought or emotion; rapture; enthusiasm; genius;—specifically, the influence of the Spirit of God on the mind and soul of man; the divine influenced exerted on the writers of Scripture, by which they were enabled infallibly to record infallibly the acts of God in the origin and history of the human species, to express the truth or doctrine of God, and to declare his mind and will.
