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Definitions for Inspire

[1] to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
[2] to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others.
[3] to fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.: to inspire a person with distrust.
[4] to influence or impel: Competition inspired her to greater efforts.
[5] to animate, as an influence, feeling, thought, or the like, does: They were inspired by a belief in a better future.
[6] to communicate or suggest by a divine or supernatural influence: writings inspired by God.
[7] to guide or control by divine influence.
[8] to prompt or instigate (utterances, acts, etc.) by influence, without avowal of responsibility.
[9] to give rise to, bring about, cause, etc.: a philosophy that inspired a revolution.
[10] to take (air, gases, etc.) into the lungs in breathing; inhale.
[11] Archaic . to infuse (breath, life, etc.) by breathing (usually followed by into ). to breathe into or upon.
[12] to give inspiration.
[13] to inhale.
[14] to exert a stimulating or beneficial effect upon (a person); animate or invigorate
[15] (tr; foll by with or to; may take an infinitive) to arouse (with a particular emotion or to a particular action); stir
[16] (tr) to prompt or instigate; give rise to her beauty inspired his love
[17] (tr; often passive) to guide or arouse by divine influence or inspiration
[18] to take or draw (air, gas, etc) into the lungs; inhale
[19] (tr) archaic to breathe into or upon to breathe life into

Words related to Inspire

cause, get, impress, embolden, motivate, influence, produce, sway, touch, hearten, arouse, stir, galvanize, excite, affect, spark, provoke, spur, animate, instill

Words nearby Inspire

inspirator, inspiratory, inspiratory capacity, inspiratory reserve volume, inspiratory stridor, inspire, inspired, inspired gas, inspirit, inspissate, inspo

Origin of Inspire

1300–50; Middle English inspiren < Latin inspīrāre to breathe upon or into, equivalent to in- in-2 + spīrāre to breathe

Other words from Inspire

in·spir·a·tive [in-spahyuh  r -uh -tiv, in -spi-rey-tiv] /ɪnˈspaɪə r ə tɪv, ˈɪn spɪˌreɪ tɪv/ , adjective
in·spir·er , noun
in·spir·ing·ly , adverb
pre·in·spire , verb (used with object), pre·in·spired, pre·in·spir·ing.
pseu·do·in·spir·ing , adjective
re·in·spire , verb, re·in·spired, re·in·spir·ing.
un·in·spir·ing , adjective
un·in·spir·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Inspire

C14 (in the sense: to breathe upon, blow into): from Latin inspīrāre, from spīrāre to breathe

Synonyms for Inspire

affect, animate, arouse, cause, embolden, excite, galvanize, get, hearten, impress, influence, instill, motivate, produce, provoke, spark, spur, stir, sway, touch, trigger, carry, commove, elate, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, exhilarate, imbue, infect, inflame, inform, infuse, inspirit, invigorate, occasion, quicken, reassure, strike, urge, be responsible for, fire up, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, set up, start off, work up