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inspire [ in·spi·re ]
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1. Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.
We're creatively inspired by these really thorny issues.
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2. Create (a feeling, especially a positive one) in a person.
The gearbox is tight, but positive and the steering inspires confidence.
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3. (inspire someone with) Animate someone with (a feeling)
This is an act of terrorism which, once again, inspires us with horror.
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4. Give rise to.
Its style was heavily inspired by the Dogme films from Denmark.
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5. Breathe in (air); inhale.
In the current study, breathing pattern was measured using a pneumotachograph attached to a T piece while the patient inspired supplemental oxygen.
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1. Middle English enspire, from Old French inspirer, from Latin inspirare ‘breathe or blow into’ from in- ‘into’ + spirare ‘breathe’. The word was originally used of a divine or supernatural being, in the sense ‘impart a truth or idea to someone’.
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