vt to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
2. inspire ·vi to breathe; to blow gently.
3. inspire ·vi to draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs;
opposed to expire.
4. inspire ·vt to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
5. inspire ·vt to draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale;
opposed to expire.
6. inspire ·vt to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
7. inspire ·vt to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.