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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inspired}; p. pr & vb n. {Inspiring}.] 1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to {expire}. 2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.] And when the wind amongst them did inspire, They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inspired \In*spired"\, a. 1. Breathed in inhaled. 2. Moved or animated by or as by a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as the inspired prophets; the inspired writers. 3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence sacred, holy; -- opposed to {uninspired}, {profane}, or {secular}; as the inspired writings, that is the Scriptures. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inspired adj : of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" [syn: {divine}, {elysian}]
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