inspiration
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French inspiration, from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of inspīrō).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnspɨˈɹeɪʃən/
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
[edit] Noun
inspiration (countable and uncountable; plural inspirations)
- The act of inspiring or breathing in.
- breath
- (physiology) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm.
- 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.
- 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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- (physiology): expiration
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[edit] Translations
act of breathing in
breath
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stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions
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supernatural divine influence
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[edit] References
- inspiration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɛ̃spiʁasjɔ̃]
[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin inspirationem (nominative: inspiratio), from Latin inspiratus (past participle of inspirare).
[edit] Noun
inspiration f. (plural inspirations)
