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inspire
English
Etymology
From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin ?nsp?r?re, present active infinitive of ?nsp?r? (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek ???? (pné?, “breathe”), from in + sp?r? (“breathe”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n.?spa??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n.?spa??(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Verb
inspire (third-person singular simple present inspires, present participle inspiring, simple past and past participle inspired)
- (transitive) 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.
- c. 1588-1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- Dawning day new comfort hath inspired.
- c. 1588-1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
- Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.
- Erato, thy poet's mind inspire, / And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.
- (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- c. 1670, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus", Or a Theoretick and Practical Discourse of Consumptions and Hypochondriack Melancholy... Likewise a Discourse of Spitting of Blood
- By means of those sulfurous coal smokes the lungs are as it were stifled and extremely oppressed, whereby they are forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty.
- c. 1670, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus", Or a Theoretick and Practical Discourse of Consumptions and Hypochondriack Melancholy... Likewise a Discourse of Spitting of Blood
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- beghast
Antonyms
- (inhale): expire
Derived terms
- inspirer
Related terms
- inspiration
- inspirational
- inspirator
- inspiratory
Translations
Anagrams
- spinier
Asturian
Verb
inspire
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of inspirar
French
Verb
inspire
- inflection of inspirer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
inspire
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of inspirar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of inspirar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of inspirar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of inspirar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [in?spire]
Verb
inspire
- third-person singular present subjunctive of inspira
- third-person plural present subjunctive of inspira
Spanish
Verb
inspire
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of inspirar.
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inspiration
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French inspiration, from Late Latin ?nsp?r?ti?nem (nominative: ?nsp?r?ti?), from Latin ?nsp?r?tus (past participle of insp?r?).Morphologically inspire +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nsp???e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
inspiration (countable and uncountable, plural inspirations)
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.
- (countable) A breath, a single inhalation.
- 1826, John Bostock, An Elementary System of Physiology, p. 220:
- Laughing is produced by an inspiration succeeded by a succession of short imperfect expirations.
- 1826, John Bostock, An Elementary System of Physiology, p. 220:
- 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 people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- 1688, Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches Vol.2 (1829 translation), p. 355:
- The question, therefore, at issue is, not whether those external means be sufficient without grace and divine inspiration, for none pretends that": but, in order to hinder men from feigning or imagining an inspiration, whether it has not been God's economy, and his usual conduct to make his inspiration walk hand in hand with certain means of fact, which men can neither feign in the air without being convicted of falsehood, nor imagine without illusion.
- 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 54.
- The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!
- 1688, Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches Vol.2 (1829 translation), p. 355:
- The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- Usage notes: In this sense, it may be followed by the adposition to in relation to the person being influenced, and for or to in relation to the idea or activity:
- 1865, George Duffield, The Nation's Wail, p. 6:
- We caught the inspiration of his joy; and imagination painted a glorious future near at hand for our land, quickly to develop itself under the guidance of his fostering wisdom, and fraternal counsels and care.
- 1998, David Allen Brown, Leonardo da Vinci: Origins of a Genius, p. 25:
- All this suggests that Andrea may, like the authors of the devotional panel, the fresco, and the print – and like Leonardo, as we shall see – have found his inspiration in Pollaiuolo.
- 2002, Sven Rasegård, Man and Science: A Web of Systems and Social Conventions, p. 2:
- And now it is time for problem solving which, if successful, will create new ideas serving as an inspiration source for future research objects of the researcher in question as well as other researchers within the same field.
- 2013, Phil McNulty, "Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:
- As for United, this was a performance lacking in inspiration, purpose and threat and once again underlined the urgency for transfer business to be done in the closing hours of the transfer window.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- 2008 April 5, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address:
- The people of Ukraine and Georgia are an inspiration to the world, and I was pleased that this week NATO declared that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of NATO.
- 2008 April 5, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address:
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- 1916, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, Mrs. Balfame, ch. 15:
- Mrs. Balfame had an inspiration. "My God!" she exclaimed, springing to her feet, "the murderer . . . was hidden in the cellar or attic all night, all the next day! He may be here yet!"
- 2007 July 1, Sylviane Gold, "Scenery Chewer Plays It Straight, Methodically," New York Times (retrieved 3 Sept. 2013):
- [H]e accompanied her to a rehearsal of a skit satirizing “Casablanca,” and the director had an inspiration: Wouldn’t it be a laugh to cast a 10-year-old as Rick?
- 1916, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, Mrs. Balfame, ch. 15:
Synonyms
- (physiology): inhalation
- (stimulation of creativity or intellect): spark, flash, eureka
Antonyms
- (physiology): expiration
Derived terms
Related terms
- inspire
Translations
See also
- Muse
- Pierian spring
References
- inspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Old French inspiration, borrowed from Late Latin ?nsp?r?ti?nem (nominative: ?nsp?r?ti?), from Latin ?nsp?r?tus (past participle of insp?r?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.pi.?a.sj??/
Noun
inspiration f (plural inspirations)
- inspiration (instance of breathing in)
- inspiration (divine intervention)
- inspiration (something which brings about creativity or perseverance)
See also
- inspirer
Further reading
- “inspiration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of insp?r?).
Noun
inspiration f (oblique plural inspirations, nominative singular inspiration, nominative plural inspirations)
- inspiration (act of breathing in)
- inspiration (something which inspires)
Descendants
- ? English: inspiration
- French: inspiration
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (inspiracion)
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