inspiration

inspiration has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
• n.. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
• n.. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
• n.. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
• n.. arousing to a particular emotion or action
• n.. a product of your creative thinking and work; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality"
• n.. (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"
• n.. a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
• n.. arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity