■ verb
1》 fill with the urge or ability to do or feel something.
↘create (a feeling) in a person.
↘( ~ someone with ) animate someone with (a feeling).
2》 give rise to.
3》 inhale.
Derivatives
~r noun
inspiring adjective
inspiringly adverb
Origin
ME enspire , from OFr. ~r , from L. inspirare 'breathe or blow into'.