einflößen

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German

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Verb

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  1. to feed to; to pour into someones mouth
    • 1922, Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkünstler, in: Die neue Rundschau, year 33, october issue, S. Fischer Verlag, page 987:
      Dann kam das Essen, von dem der Impresario dem Hungerkünstler während eines ohnmachtähnlichen Halbschlafes ein wenig einflößte, [...]
      Then came the food, of which the impresario fed a bit to the hunger artist during a faint-like doze, [...]
  2. (figuratively) to inspire with; to fill with

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