What is the meaning of inspire?

verb

  • Heighten or intensify.
    • usage: "These paintings exalt the imagination"
  • Supply the inspiration for.
    • usage: "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
  • Serve as the inciting cause of.
    • usage: "She prompted me to call my relatives"
  • Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
    • usage: "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
  • Fill with revolutionary ideas.
  • Draw in (air. )
    • usage: "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
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