INSPIRE
\ɪnspˈa͡ɪ͡ə], \ɪnspˈaɪə], \ɪ_n_s_p_ˈaɪə]\
Definitions of INSPIRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
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fill with revolutionary ideas
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urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
By Princeton University
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heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
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urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
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fill with revolutionary ideas
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
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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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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.
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To breathe; to blow gently.
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To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; - opposed to expire.
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To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; - opposed to expire.
By Oddity Software
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To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
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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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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.
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To breathe; to blow gently.
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To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; - opposed to expire.
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To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; - opposed to expire.
By Noah Webster.
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To draw (air) into the lungs; breathe into; fill with ideas; to have a supernatural influence upon; to pour into the mind or spirit.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To breathe into: to draw or inhale into the lungs: to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing: to infuse into the mind: to instruct by divine influence: to instruct or affect with a superior influence.
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To draw in the breath.
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INSPIRER.
By Daniel Lyons
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To draw in the breath.
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To breathe into; to infuse by breathing; to infuse or instil into the mind; to infuse or communicate by divine inspiration; to supernaturally animate or elevate; to draw into the lungs.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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INSPIRER.
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To breathe into the lungs.
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To animate as by spiritual influence; instil, as thoughts or emotions.
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To inhale air; draw in the breath.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
