espirer

== Old French == === Alternative forms === anspirer, enspirer, inspirer === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin spīrāre. Compare Spanish espirar, cf. also Italian ispirare. The term and all its variants were influenced, in different measures, by Latin inspīrāre. === Verb === espirer to breathe in (figuratively or of God) to breathe life into (figuratively, by extension) to inspire; to bring about creativity or motivation ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== French: inspirer → Middle English: enspiren, ensperenEnglish: inspireScots: enspire === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “espirer”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. espirer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub