Dictionary Entry
inspire
inspire is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- 2transitive verb
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- 3transitive verb
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
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.
- 6intransitive verb
To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.
- 7intransitive verb
To breathe; to blow gently.
- 8verb
draw in (air)
"Inhale deeply"
"inhale the fresh mountain air"
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- 9verb
fill with revolutionary ideas
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- 10verb
serve as the inciting cause of
"She prompted me to call my relatives"
- 11verb
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
- 12verb
supply the inspiration for
"The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
- 13verb
heighten or intensify
"These paintings exalt the imagination"
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