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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inspired
adj
  1. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
    Synonym(s): divine, elysian, inspired
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
      1. Breathed in; inhaled.
  
      2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
            affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
            the inspired writers.
  
      3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
            inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
            -- opposed to {uninspired}, {profane}, or {secular}; as,
            the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
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