transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈspī(-ə)r ]
verb
( in·spired ; in·spir·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inspirer, from Latin inspirare, from in- + spirare to breathe
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration
b. : to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on
was particularly inspired by the Romanticists
c. : to spur on : impel , motivate
threats don't necessarily inspire people to work
d. : affect
seeing the old room again inspired him with nostalgia
2.
a. archaic : to breathe or blow into or upon
b. archaic : to infuse (as life) by breathing
3.
a. : to communicate to an agent supernaturally
b. : to draw forth or bring out
thoughts inspired by a visit to the cathedral
4. : inhale 1
5.
a. : bring about , occasion
the book was inspired by his travels in the Far East
b. : incite
6. : to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another
intransitive verb
: inhale
• in·spir·er noun