Inspire

Word INSPIRE
Character 7
Hyphenation in spire
Pronunciations /ɪn.ˈspaɪə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Inspire"

What do we mean by inspire?

To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence. intransitive verb

To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion. intransitive verb

To stimulate to action; motivate: synonym: encourage. intransitive verb

To cause (someone) to have a particular feeling; affect or touch. intransitive verb

To cause someone to have (a feeling or reaction); elicit or arouse. intransitive verb

To be the cause or source of; bring about. intransitive verb

To draw in (air) by inhaling. intransitive verb

To breathe on. intransitive verb

To breathe life into. intransitive verb

To stimulate energies, ideals, or reverence. intransitive verb

To inhale. intransitive verb

To breathe in; draw into the lungs; inhale: as, to inspire pure air: opposed to expire.

To breathe into; infuse by or as if by breathing.

Hence To actuate or influence; animate; affect, rouse, or control by an infused, animating, or exalting influence.

Specifically To guide or control by divine influence; instruct or infuse with spiritual or divine knowledge.

To inhale air; draw air into the lungs: opposed to expire.

To blow; blow in.

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. transitive verb

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 draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

To spread rumour indirectly.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Inspire

The word "inspire" in example sentences

Perhaps we can get women back into following good sense regarding clothing, and once again inspire the masculine men to paint pictures of them for all time, paintings that future generations would not be ashamed to see. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Did the family background you discovered while writing On Gold Mountain inspire you to focus on this aspect of your genetic inheritance in your fiction? ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the light of day, eyes open, he would use his hands, grabbing and kneading and pinching and gazing up at me, an adorable little beastie, ravenous and innocent and impossibly, impossibly soft, and I would wonder: how can a creature that brings such pain inspire such tenderness? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sharing beautiful language and great stories that thrill and inspire is a pleasure for adults and children well into the middle-school years, and storytelling is such a welcome relief from all the policing jobs parents have to do. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But in works like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, The Wolfman, the fear that they inspire is the fear of the total loss of self. ❋ Unknown (2008)

According to Random House, the word inspire means: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Caused to Hyperventilate by a Professor An attempt to inspire is a flop. ❋ Unknown (2007)

She listened with fair success for another five minutes, then her mind wandered to her landlady at the lodgings; was she perfectly honest, did her expression inspire confidence? ❋ Unknown (1902)

"Spire" has its roots in words that refer to plant shoots and blades of grass that taper to a point, while "inspire" comes from the Latin spirer, to breathe or take a breath. ❋ Unknown (1984)

It may in short inspire us with modesty and humility, and urge us on to fresh ardour in the practice of vir - tue. ❋ Georg Joachim Zollikofer (1812)

So, even though I think that they’re mega-talented, people like Kris and Dean and Kevin inspire me with their hard work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He would be the force behind two of the major theaters in Midtown: the Roxy and Radio City Music Hall, where his name helped inspire the Rockettes. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

This year, may this phrase inspire us to remember the teaching from the Jewish tradition that says, "To save a single life is to save the whole world." ❋ Unknown (2010)

This devotional is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment of any particular passage of Scripture, but instead is intended to encourage you to immerse yourself in His word and inspire a wholehearted love of God. ❋ Joel Osteen (2010)

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