INSPIRE


Meaning of INSPIRE in English

(~s, inspiring, ~d)

1.

If someone or something ~s you to do something new or unusual, they make you want to do it.

Our challenge is to motivate those voters and ~ them to join our cause...

VERB: V n to-inf

2.

If someone or something ~s you, they give you new ideas and a strong feeling of enthusiasm.

Jimi Hendrix ~d a generation of guitarists.

VERB: V n

3.

If a book, work of art, or action is ~d by something, that thing is the source of the idea for it.

The book was ~d by a real person, namely Tamara de Treaux.

...a political murder ~d by the same nationalist conflicts now wrecking the country.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed by n, V-ed

-~d

...Mediterranean-~d ceramics in bright yellow and blue...

COMB in ADJ

4.

Someone or something that ~s a particular emotion or reaction in people makes them feel this emotion or reaction.

The car’s performance quickly ~s confidence.

VERB: V n

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