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From Old French inspiration.

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Singular
inspiration

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural inspirations

inspiration (countable and uncountable; plural inspirations)

  1. The act of inspiring or breathing in
  2. breath
  3. (physiology) the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm.
  4. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
  5. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

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[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of inspirare).

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inspiration f. (plural inspirations)

  1. inspiration
  2. a breath

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