Dictionary Definition
inspire
Verb
1 heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt
the imagination" [syn: animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt]
2 supply the inspiration for; "The article about
the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
4 urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The
crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up]
5 fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise]
6 draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the
fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung
cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" [syn: inhale, breathe in]
[ant: exhale]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
Verb
- To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- 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.
- To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or
supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
- to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.
Antonyms
- (inhale): expire
Derived terms
Translations
to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to
animate
- Italian: ispirare
to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing
- Italian: ispirare
to draw in by the operation of breathing; to
inhale
- Dutch: inademen
- Hungarian: belélegzik
- Italian: ispirare
to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the
spirit
- Dutch: inspireren
to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or
supernatural influence
- Hungarian: ösztönöz, lelkesít
- Arabic: (’álhama)
- Chinese: 授意 (shòu yì)
- trreq Dutch
- French: inspirer
- German: einhauchen, einflößen, begeistern
- trreq Greek
- trreq Hebrew
- Japanese: 動かす (うごかす, ugokasu)
- Latin: inspīro, incutio
- trreq Old English
- Portuguese: inspirar
- Russian: вдыхать (vdyxát’), вдохновлять (vdoxnovlját’)
- Spanish: inspirar
- trreq Swedish
- trreq Turkish
French
Verb
- Form of First-person singular present subjunctive, inspirer
- Form of Third-person singular present subjunctive, inspirer
- Form of Second-person singular imperative, inspirer
Extensive Definition
Inspiration may refer to: Personal
inspiration, A person can have an idol, the idol can have a
skill that the idolator wants.> Artistic
inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production
- Revelation, an uncovering or disclosure of something hidden via communication from the divine
- Biblical inspiration, the doctrine in Judeo-Christian theology concerned with the divine origin of the Bible
- Inhalation, the movement of air into the lungs
- Inspiration
Software, a developer and publisher of visual learning software
- Inspiration (computer program), a visual learning software tool published by Inspiration Software
- BT Inspiration, a telephone switchboard
- Inspiration CCR, a make of scuba diving rebreather
In music:
- "Inspire (Ayumi Hamasaki song)," released in 2004
- Inspiration (Elkie Brooks album), released in 1989
- Inspiration (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album), released in 1996
- Inspiration (Aziza Mustafa Zadeh album), released in 2000
- Inspiration (William Hung album), released in 2004
- Inspiration (Shinhwa album), released in 2006
In film:
- Inspiration (film), a 1915 film starring Audrey Munson
See also
Inspiration comes from life experiences,
feelings, dreams, and thoughts. Inspiration is what makes great
things happen.
inspire in Danish: Inspiration
inspire in German: Inspiration
inspire in Spanish: Inspiración
inspire in French: Inspiration
inspire in Japanese: インスパイア
inspire in Norwegian: Inspirasjon
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
activate, actuate, affect, affirm, afford hope, animate, arouse, aspirate, assure, augur well, awaken, bid fair, blow, bolster, boost, brace up, breathe, breathe hard, breathe
in, breathe out, brighten, bring, bring about, bring on, buck
up, buoy up, buttress,
call forth, call up, carry, cause, cheer, confirm, contrive, cough, draw down, draw in, draw
on, effect, elicit, embolden, embue, encourage, endow, endue, energize, enliven, evoke, exalt, excite, exhale, exhaust, exhilarate, expel, expire, fire, fortify, galvanize, gasp, get, give a lift, give hope,
gladden, gulp, hack, have good prospects, hearten, hiccup, hold out hope, hold out
promise, huff, imbue, impress, induce, infect, influence, inform, infuse, inhale, inject, inoculate, inspire hope,
inspirit, instigate, invigorate, justify hope,
kindle, lead, liven, make fair promise, motivate, move, muster up, nerve, obtain, pant, pick up, procure, promise, prompt, provoke, puff, quicken, raise expectations,
raise hope, rally,
reassure, reinforce, rejoice, rejoice the heart,
respire, rouse, set up, sigh, slurp, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, stir, strengthen, strike, suck, suck in, suckle, summon up, superinduce, support, sway, touch, uplift, vitalize, vivify, waken, wheeze