different between inspire vs revive

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.

3. (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.

4. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
5. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
6. (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

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of inspirar

French

Verb

inspire

1. inflection of inspirer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

inspire

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of inspirar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of inspirar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of inspirar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of inspirar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in?spire]

Verb

inspire

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of inspira
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of inspira

Spanish

Verb

inspire

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of inspirar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English reviven, revyven, from Old French revivre and Latin rev?v?, from re- + v?v? (“live”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

revive (third-person singular simple present revives, present participle reviving, simple past and past participle revived)

1. (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
2. (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again.
5. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
6. (transitive) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

7. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal)
8. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

Synonyms

• rediscover
• resurrect
• renew

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

rev?ve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rev?v?

Spanish

Verb

revive

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of revivir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of revivir.