Definitions of INSPIRE [ɪnˈspaɪ^ər]

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Definition of 'INSPIRE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) inspire
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
Her courage inspired her followers.

2.  inspire
to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.):
to inspire confidence.

3.  inspire
to fill or affect with a feeling, thought, etc.

4.  inspire
to influence or impel:
Competition inspired them to greater efforts.

5.  inspire
to communicate or suggest by a divine or supernatural influence.

6.  inspire
to guide or control by divine influence.

7.  inspire
to give rise to, bring about, cause, etc.:
a philosophy that inspired a revolution.

8.  inspire
to take (air, gases, etc.) into the lungs in breathing; inhale.

9.  inspire
Archaic.

10.  inspire
to infuse (breath, life, etc.) by breathing.

11.  inspire
to breathe into or upon.

12. (v.i.) inspire
to give inspiration.

13.  inspire
to inhale.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L inspīrāre to breathe upon or into =in-in-²+spīrāre to breathe)

Definition of 'INSPIRE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
heighten or intensify
"These paintings exalt the imagination"

2. (verb) inspire
supply the inspiration for
"The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"

3. (verb) prompt, inspire, instigate
serve as the inciting cause of
"She prompted me to call my relatives"

4. (verb) cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

5. (verb) revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire
fill with revolutionary ideas

6. (verb) inhale, inspire, breathe in
draw in (air)
"Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

Definition of 'INSPIRE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) inspire
to cause sb to want to do sth, or to have an idea or feeling
Listening to him as a child inspired me to be a musician.; The design was inspired by a shell she found on the beach.; His leadership inspires confidence in people.; an inspiring speaker/performer/leader; The sermon was inspiring.

Definition of 'INSPIRE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) INSPIRE
to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate

2. (verb) INSPIRE
to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing

3. (verb) INSPIRE
to draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire

4. (verb) INSPIRE
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

5. (verb) INSPIRE
to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue

6. (verb) INSPIRE
to draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire

7. (verb) INSPIRE
to breathe; to blow gently

Translation of 'INSPIRE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to encourage by filling with eg confidence, enthusiasm etc The players were inspired by the loyalty of their supporters and played better football than ever before.
Afrikaans: inspireer	Arabic: يُعْطي الثِّقَه، يُشَجِّع	Bulgarian: вдъхновявам
Brazilian: inspirar	Czech: povzbudit	German: anfeuern
Danish: inspirere; tilskynde	Greek: ενθαρρύνω, εμψυχώνω	Spanish: animar, estimular
Estonian: innustama	Farsi: القاء کردن	Finnish: innostaa
French: stimuler	Hebrew: לְעוֹרֵר	Hindi: प्रेरणा देना
Croatian: potaknuti	Hungarian: lelkesít	Indonesian: memberi dorongan
Icelandic: hrífa; fylla hugmóði	Italian: ispirare	Japanese: 奮起させる
Korean: 영감에 의해서 이끌다	Lithuanian: įkvėpti	Latvian: iedvesmot
Malay: memberi dorongan	Dutch: inspireren	Norwegian: inspirere
Polish: natchnąć	Persian: القاء کردن	Pashto: ساننه ايستل، الهام وركول:
Portuguese: inspirar	Romanian: a stimula	Russian: вдохновлять
Slovak: povzbudiť	Slovenian: vzpodbujati	Serbian: inspirisati
Swedish: inspirera	Thai: ทำให้เกิด	Turkish: ilham etmek/vermek
Taiwanese: 鼓舞	Ukrainian: надихати	Urdu: متحرک کرنا
Vietnamese: truyền cảm hứng	Chinese: 鼓舞
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