inspire

inspire has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
• v. t.. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
• v. t.. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. i.. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.
• v. i.. To breathe; to blow gently.
• v.. draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
• v.. fill with revolutionary ideas
• v.. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
• v.. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
• v.. supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"