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See also:inspiréandinspirē

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FromMiddle Englishinspiren,enspiren, fromOld Frenchinspirer, variant ofespirer, fromLatinīnspīrāre(“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of BiblicalAncient Greekπνέω(pnéō,“breathe”), fromin +spīrō(“breathe”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)peys-(“to blow, breathe”). Displaced nativeOld Englishonbryrdan(literally“to prick in”).

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inspire (third-person singular simple presentinspires,present participleinspiring,simple past and past participleinspired)

  1. (transitive) Toinfuse into the mind; tocommunicate to the spirit; toconvey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; todisclose preternaturally; toproduce in, as by inspiration.
  2. (transitive) To infuse into; toaffect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; tofill with whatanimates,enlivens orexalts; tocommunicate inspiration to.
    Elders shouldinspire children with sentiments of virtue.
    The captain's speech was aimed toinspire her team to victory in the final.
    • 1697,Virgil, “The Seventh Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
      Erato, thy poet's mindinspire, / And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.
  3. (intransitive) Todraw in by the operation of breathing; toinhale.
    • 1672, Gideon Harvey,Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
      By means of those sulfurous coal smokes the lungs are as it were stifled and extremely oppressed, whereby they are forced toinspire and expire the air with difficulty.
  4. Toinfuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
    • 1687 (date written),Alexander Pope, “Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia’s Day”, inThe Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, forBernard Lintot, […],→OCLC, canto I,page371:
      Deſcend ye nine! deſcend and ſing; / The breathing inſtrumentsinſpire, / VVake into voice each ſilent ſtring, / And ſvveep the ſounding lyre!
  6. (transitive) To spreadrumour indirectly.

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of“inhale”):expire

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Translations

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to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit
to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence
to inhale—seeinhale
to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing
archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate
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inspire

  1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofinspirar

French

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inspire

  1. inflection ofinspirer:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Portuguese

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inspire

  1. inflection ofinspirar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

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inspire

  1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentsubjunctive ofinspira

Spanish

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inspire

  1. inflection ofinspirar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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