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English Dictionary: afflatus by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
afflatus
n
  1. a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; "divine afflatus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Afflatus \Af*fla"tus\, n. [L., fr. afflare. See {Afflation}.]
      1. A breath or blast of wind.
  
      2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse;
            inspiration.
  
                     A poet writing against his genius will be like a
                     prophet without his afflatus.            --Spence.
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