Толковый словарь английского языка - inspire
Inspire
inspire
verb (~d; inspiring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French ~r, from Latin inspirare, from in+ spirare to breathe Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration, to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on , to spur on ; impel , motivate , affect , 2. to breathe or blow into or upon, to infuse (as life) by breathing, 3. to communicate to an agent supernaturally, to draw forth or bring out , inhale 1, 5. bring about , occasion , incite , to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another, intransitive verb inhale , ~r noun
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v.tr. 1 stimulate or arouse (a person) to esp. creative activity, esp. by supposed divine or supernatural agency (your faith inspired him; inspired by God). 2 a (usu. foll. by with) animate (a person) with a feeling. b (usu. foll. by into) instil (a feeling) into a person etc. c (usu. foll. by in) create (a feeling) in a person. 3 prompt; give rise to (the poem was inspired by the autumn). 4 (as inspired adj.) a (of a work of art etc.) as if prompted by or emanating from a supernatural source; characterized by inspiration (an inspired speech). b (of a guess) intuitive but accurate. 5 (also absol.) breathe in (air etc.); inhale. Derivatives inspiratory adj. inspiredly adv. inspirer n. inspiring adj. inspiringly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF inspirer f. L inspirare breathe in (as IN-(2), spirare breathe) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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