inspire
verb
in·spire
in-ˈspī(-ə)r
inspired; inspiring
1
b
: to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on
was particularly inspired by the Romanticists
c
: affect
seeing the old room again inspired him with nostalgia
d
: to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration
2
a
: bring about, occasion
the book was inspired by his travels in the Far East
b
: incite
3
a
: to draw forth or bring out
thoughts inspired by a visit to the cathedral
b
: to communicate to an agent supernaturally
4
5
: to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another
6
a
archaic
: to breathe or blow into or upon
b
archaic
: to infuse (something, such as life) by breathing
… inspired into him an active soul …—Wisdom of Solomon 15:11
inspirer
noun
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