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inspire Definition

• (v) heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
• (v) supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
• (v) serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
• (v) urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
• (v) fill with revolutionary ideas
• (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"

inspire Synonyms

• animate
• barrack
• breathe in
• cheer
• enliven
• exalt
• exhort
• inhale
• inspire
• instigate
• invigorate
• pep up
• prompt
• revolutionise
• revolutionize
• urge
• urge on