inspire

Definitions


[ɪnˈspʌɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative
(e.g: his philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists)

- breathe in (air); inhale
(e.g: they can expand their lungs and inspire enough gas to satisfy oxygen requirements)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English enspire, from Old French inspirer, from Latin inspirare ‘breathe or blow into’ from in- ‘into’ + spirare ‘breathe’. The word was originally used of a divine or supernatural being, in the sense ‘impart a truth or idea to someone’




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