ALL meanings of inspire
in·spire
I i - noun inspire Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, esp. to do something creative. 1
- transitive verb inspire motivate 1
- verbal expression inspire motivate sb to do sth 1
- transitive verb inspire awaken sb's creative ideas 1
- transitive verb inspire prompt: an idea 1
- intransitive verb inspire arouse sth 1
- abbreviation INSPIRE inhale 1
- transitive verb inspire divine guidance 1
- verb with object inspire to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers. 1
- verb with object inspire to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others. 1
- verb with object inspire to fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.: to inspire a person with distrust. 1
- verb with object inspire to influence or impel: Competition inspired her to greater efforts. 1
- verb with object inspire to animate, as an influence, feeling, thought, or the like, does: They were inspired by a belief in a better future. 1
- verb with object inspire to communicate or suggest by a divine or supernatural influence: writings inspired by God. 1
- verb with object inspire to guide or control by divine influence. 1
- verb with object inspire to prompt or instigate (utterances, acts, etc.) by influence, without avowal of responsibility. 1
- verb with object inspire to give rise to, bring about, cause, etc.: a philosophy that inspired a revolution. 1
- verb with object inspire to take (air, gases, etc.) into the lungs in breathing; inhale. 1
- verb with object inspire Archaic. to infuse (breath, life, etc.) by breathing (usually followed by into). to breathe into or upon. 1
- verb without object inspire to give inspiration. 1
- verb without object inspire to inhale. 1
- verb inspire If someone or something inspires you to do something new or unusual, they make you want to do it. 0
- verb inspire If someone or something inspires you, they give you new ideas and a strong feeling of enthusiasm. 0
- verb inspire If a book, work of art, or action is inspired by something, that thing is the source of the idea for it. 0
- verb inspire Someone or something that inspires a particular emotion or reaction in people makes them feel this emotion or reaction. 0
- verb inspire to exert a stimulating or beneficial effect upon (a person); animate or invigorate 0
- verb inspire to arouse (with a particular emotion or to a particular action); stir 0
- verb inspire to prompt or instigate; give rise to 0
- verb inspire to guide or arouse by divine influence or inspiration 0
- verb inspire to take or draw (air, gas, etc) into the lungs; inhale 0
- verb inspire to breathe into or upon 0
- verb inspire to breathe life into 0
- verb transitive inspire to breathe or blow upon or into 0
- verb transitive inspire to infuse (life, etc. into) by breathing 0
- verb transitive inspire to draw (air) into the lungs; inhale 0
- verb transitive inspire to have an animating effect upon; influence or impel; esp., to stimulate or impel to some creative or effective effort 0
- verb transitive inspire to cause, guide, communicate, or motivate as by divine or supernatural influence 0
- verb transitive inspire to arouse or produce (a thought or feeling) 0
- verb transitive inspire to affect with a specified feeling or thought 0
- verb transitive inspire to occasion, cause, or produce 0
- verb transitive inspire to prompt, or cause to be written or said, by influence 0
- intransitive verb inspire to inhale 0
- intransitive verb inspire to give inspiration 0