inspire

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin īnspīrāre (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “breathe”), from in + spīrō (“breathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Displaced native Old English onbryrdan (literally “to prick in”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspaɪɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspɑeə(ɹ)/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/, [ɪnˈspɑeə(ɹ)] Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) === Verb === inspire (third-person singular simple present inspires, present participle inspiring, simple past and past participle inspired) (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration. (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to. (ambitransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly. ==== Synonyms ==== beghast ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “inhale”): expire ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== awe-inspire inspiration inspirational inspirator inspiratory ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === spinier == Asturian == === Verb === inspire first/third-person singular present subjunctive of inspirar == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === inspire inflection of inspirer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === inspire inflection of inspirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [inˈspire] === Verb === inspire third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of inspira == Spanish == === Verb === inspire inflection of inspirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative