Definition for

inspire


To breathe in; draw into the lungs; inhale: as, to inspire pure air: opposed to expire.

To breathe into; infuse by or as if by breathing.

Hence To actuate or influence; animate; affect, rouse, or control by an infused, animating, or exalting influence.

Specifically To guide or control by divine influence; instruct or infuse with spiritual or divine knowledge.

To inhale air; draw air into the lungs: opposed to expire.

To blow; blow in.

intransitive verb – To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.

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