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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Inspiring.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
        opposed to expire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
              They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
     1. Breathed in; inhaled.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
        affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
        the inspired writers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
        inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
        -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as,
        the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or
        motivation.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Inspiring.]
     1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
        opposed to expire.
  
     2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
  
              And when the wind amongst them did inspire, They
              wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread.  --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
     1. Breathed in; inhaled.
  
     2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
        affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
        the inspired writers.
  
     3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
        inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
        -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as,
        the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  inspired
       adj : of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine
             inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine
             Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired
             performance" [syn: divine, elysian]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  inspired
     Middle English vb.
     (infl of enm inspiren  simple past//past part)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  inspired
     a.
     Having excellence through inspiration.
     vb.
     (infl of en inspire  ed-form).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  inspired
     Middle English vb.
     (infl of enm inspiren  simple past//past part)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  inspired
     Middle English vb.
     (infl of enm inspiren  simple past//past part)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  inspired
     Englanti a.
     nerokas, loistava
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm i nspire d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  inspired
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en inspire ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb inspire)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Inspired /ɪnspˈaɪəd/
  ملهم

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  inspired /ɪnspˈaɪəd/ 
  geniální

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  inspired /ɪnspˈaɪəd/ 
  inspirovaný