inspire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inspire	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inspire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inspire v heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" Synonym(s): inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work" serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives" Synonym(s): prompt, inspire, instigate spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" Synonym(s): cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up fill with revolutionary ideas Synonym(s): revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" Synonym(s): inhale, inspire, breathe in Antonym(s): breathe out, exhale, expire
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inspire \Inspire"\, v. t. [OE. enspiren, OF. enspirer, inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref. in- in + spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.] 1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath, Inspir[8a]d hath in every holt and health The tender crops. --Chaucer. Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, The breathing instruments inspire. --Pope. 2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul. --Wisdom xv. 11. 3. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to {expire}. Forced to inspire* and expire the air with difficulty. --Harvey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inspired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inspiring}.] 1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to {expire}. 2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.] And when the wind amongst them did inspire, They wav[8a]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.