inspire
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See also inspiré
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
from Old French enspirer, from Latin inspirare, itself a loan-translation of the Greek (pnein) in the Bible, constructed with in- + spirare 'to breathe'
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
[edit] Verb
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to inspire (third-person singular simple present inspires, present participle inspiring, simple past and past participle inspired)
- (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
- (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
- Elders should inspire childres with sentiments of virtue.
- (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- (archaic) (transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly
[edit] Antonyms
- (inhale): expire
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[edit] Translations
to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit
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to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence
to inhale — see inhale
archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate
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[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of eiinprs
- spinier
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
inspire
- First-person singular present indicative of inspirer.
- Third-person singular present indicative of inspirer.
- First-person singular present subjunctive of inspirer.
- Third-person singular present subjunctive of inspirer.
- Second-person singular imperative of inspirer .
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
inspire (infinitive: inspirar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of inspirar.
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