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Meaning of inspire

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inspire
      v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
           imagination" [syn: {inspire}, {animate}, {invigorate},
           {enliven}, {exalt}]
      2: supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist
         inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
      3: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
         relatives" [syn: {prompt}, {inspire}, {instigate}]
      4: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The
         crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: {cheer},
         {root on}, {inspire}, {urge}, {barrack}, {urge on}, {exhort},
         {pep up}]
      5: fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: {revolutionize},
         {revolutionise}, {inspire}]
      6: draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain
         air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer
         patient cannot inspire air very well" [syn: {inhale},
         {inspire}, {breathe in}] [ant: {breathe out}, {exhale},
         {expire}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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