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verb

1. To arouse the emotions of; make ardent: animate, enkindle, fire, impassion, kindle, stir¹. See excite/bore/interest.
2. To raise the spirits of: animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, flush, inspirit, lift, uplift. Obsolete exalt. See happy/unhappy.
3. To impart courage, inspiration, and resolution to: animate, cheer (on), embolden, encourage, inspirit, motivate. See help/harm/harmless.
4. To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause/effect, excite/bore/interest.
5. To draw air into the lungs in the process of respiration: breathe (in), inhale. See breath/breathlessness.

v

Definition: encourage, stimulate
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, extinguish

IN BRIEF: To stir the mind, feelings, or imagination.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. — Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888) US teacher, philosopher, reformer.

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Common misspelling(s) of inspire

• inspite

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - inspirere, indgive, indgyde
v. intr. - indånde

Nederlands (Dutch)
inspireren, bezielen, inademen, opwekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - inspirer, insuffler, stimuler, enthousiasmer, aspirer
v. intr. - stimuler, respirer, inhaler

Deutsch (German)
v. - inspirieren, einflößen, hervorrufen, anregen, anstiften, einatmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εμπνέω

Italiano (Italian)
ispirare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inspirar

Русский (Russian)
внушать, вдохновлять, вдыхать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inspirar, infundir algo a uno, estimular, animar
v. intr. - inspirar, inspirarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - inspirera, andas in

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使感动, 启示, 激发, 吸入, 赋予灵感

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使感動, 啟示, 激發
v. intr. - 吸入, 賦予靈感

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에게 영감을 주다, ~에게 불어넣다, 시사하다
v. intr. - 영감을 주다, 숨을 들이쉬다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 鼓舞する, 吹き込む, 鼓吹する, 霊感を与える, 吸う, 吸い込む, 息を吸い込む, 激励する, 奮い立たせる, 感動させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلهم, يوحي, يثير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השרה על, האציל, המריץ, עורר, הלהיב‬
v. intr. - ‮נתן השראה, שאף (אוויר)‬

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